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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: 1567813
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Book Information:

Authors: J. F. Traub, G. W. Wasilkowski and H. Woźniakowski
Title: Information-based complexity
Additional book information: Academic Press, Boston, San Diego, and New York, 1988, xiii + 523 pp., $64.50. ISBN 0-12-697545-0.

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    Review Information:

    Reviewer: Mark A. Kon
    Journal: Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 21 (1989), 332-339
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0273-0979-1989-15851-5