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MathSciNet review: 1568111
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Book Information:

Author: W. H. Fleming and \par H. M. Soner
Title: Controlled Markov processes and viscosity solutions
Additional book information: Applications of Mathematics, volume 25, Springer-Verlag, New York, 1993, xv+428 pp., US$49.95. ISBN 0-387-97927-1.

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  • Review Information:

    Reviewer: M. H. A. Davis
    Journal: Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 31 (1994), 75-85
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0273-0979-1994-00480-X