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Bulletin of the American Mathematical Society

The Bulletin publishes expository articles on contemporary mathematical research, written in a way that gives insight to mathematicians who may not be experts in the particular topic. The Bulletin also publishes reviews of selected books in mathematics and short articles in the Mathematical Perspectives section, both by invitation only.

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

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Book Review

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MathSciNet review: 1567496
Full text of review: PDF   This review is available free of charge.
Book Information:

Authors: J. F. Traub and H. Wozniakowski
Title: A general theory of optimal algorithms
Additional book information: Academic Press, 1980, xiv + 341 pp., $36.00. ISBN 0-1269-7650-3.

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  • Review Information:

    Reviewer: M. R. Osborne
    Journal: Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 10 (1984), 323-325
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0273-0979-1984-15270-4