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Mathematics and physics

Author(s): Peter D. Lax
Journal: Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 45 (2008), 135-152.
MSC (2000): Primary 35-XX, 76-XX, 46-XX
Posted: October 30, 2007
MathSciNet review: 2358380
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