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Bulletin of the American Mathematical Society

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ISSN 1088-9485 (online) ISSN 0273-0979 (print)

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Book Review

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MathSciNet review: 1567460
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Book Information:

Author: György Targonski
Title: Topics in iteration theory
Additional book information: Studia Mathematica, Skript 6, Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Gottingen and Zurich, 1981, 292 pp., (kart. DM 45,--), ISBN 3-5244-0126-9.

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    Review Information:

    Reviewer: Abe Sklar
    Journal: Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 9 (1983), 345-348
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0273-0979-1983-15202-3