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Book Information:

Author: translated from Slovak by J. Hajnovicova and D. Halasova Milan Medved
Title: Fundamentals of dynamical systems and bifurcation theory
Additional book information: Adam Hilger, Bristol, Philadelphia, and New York, 1992, viii\,+\,293 pp., US$66.00. ISBN 0-7503-0150-3.

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  • Review Information:

    Reviewer: J"urgen Scheurle
    Journal: Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 31 (1994), 142-146
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0273-0979-1994-00501-4