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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)

The 2020 MCQ for Bulletin of the American Mathematical Society is 0.84.

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Book Review

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MathSciNet review: 1567644
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Book Information:

Author: Vern I. Paulsen
Title: Completely bounded maps and dilations
Additional book information: Pitman Research Notes in Mathematics, vol. 146, Longman Scientific and Technical, Essex, and John Wiley and Sons, New York, 1986, 187 pp., $38.95. ISBN 0-582-98896-9.

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  • Review Information:

    Reviewer: John W. Bunce
    Journal: Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 17 (1987), 358-359
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0273-0979-1987-15593-5