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Book Information:

Author: Albrecht Pietsch
Title: Eigenvalues and $s$-numbers
Additional book information: Akademische Verlagsgesellschaft Geest and Portig K.-G., Leipzig, and Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, New York and Melbourne, 1987 (Cambridge Studies in Advanced Mathematics, vol. 13) 360 pp., $59.50. ISBN 0-521-32532-3.

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  • Review Information:

    Reviewer: J. R. Retherford
    Journal: Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 19 (1988), 531-538
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0273-0979-1988-15732-1