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MathSciNet review: 1568034
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Book Information:

Author: P. Wesseling
Title: An introduction to multigrid methods
Additional book information: Wiley, New York, 1992, vii+284 pp., US$89.95. ISBN 0-471-93083-0.

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    Review Information:

    Reviewer: Steve McCormick
    Journal: Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 28 (1993), 373-375
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0273-0979-1993-00367-7