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Author(s): Joel Smoller
Title: Shock waves and reaction-diffusion equations
Additional book information: A Series of Comprehensive Studies in Mathematics, Vol. 258, Springer-Verlag, New York, 1983, xx + 581 pp., $39.00. ISBN 0-3879-0752-1

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Reviewer(s):
Ronald J. DiPerna

Review Information:
Journal: Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 11 (1984), 204-214.
DOI: 10.1090/S0273-0979-1984-15271-6
PII: S 0273-0979(1984)15271-6

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