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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: 1568081
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Book Information:

Author: M.\ Oberguggenberger
Title: Multiplication of distributions and applications to partial differential equations
Additional book information: Pitman Research Notes in Mathematics Series, vol. 259, Longman Scientific \&\ Technical, Harlow, 1992, xvii+312 pp., US$39.00. ISBN 0-582-08733-3.

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  • Review Information:

    Reviewer: Elemér E. Rosinger
    Journal: Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 30 (1994), 152-156
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0273-0979-1994-00452-5