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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)

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Book Review

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MathSciNet review: 1567816
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Book Information:

Authors: P. P. Petrushev and V. A. Popov
Title: Rational approximation of real functions
Additional book information: Encyclopedia of Mathematics and its Applications, vol. 28, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, New York, New Rochelle, Melbourne and Sydney, x + 371 pp., $69.50. ISBN 0-521-33107-2.

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    Review Information:

    Reviewer: Tord H. Ganelius
    Journal: Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 21 (1989), 348-350
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0273-0979-1989-15856-4