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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: 1567730
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Book Information:

Author: Elemér E. Rosinger
Title: Generalized solutions of nonlinear partial differential equations
Additional book information: Mathematical Studies, vol. 146, North-Holland, Elsevier Science Publishers, Amsterdam, 1987, xvii + 409 pp., US $ 92.00; Dfl 175.00. ISBN 0-444-70310-1.

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  • Review Information:

    Reviewer: J. F. Colombeau
    Journal: Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 20 (1989), 96-101
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0273-0979-1989-15712-1