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Author(s): Colin Christopher and Chengzhi Li
Title: Limit cycles of differential equations
Additional book information: Advanced Courses in Mathematics, CRM Barcelona, Birkhäuser Verlag, Basel, 2007, viii+171 pp., ISBN 978-3-7643-8409-8

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Additional Information:

Reviewer(s):
Freddy Dumortier
Affiliation: Hasselt University
Email: freddy.dumortier@uhasselt.be

Review Information:
Journal: Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 46 (2009), 697-701.

MSC (2000): Primary 34C05, 34C07
DOI: 10.1090/S0273-0979-09-01267-1
PII: S 0273-0979(09)01267-1
Posted: June 24, 2009
Copyright of article: Copyright 2009, American Mathematical Society




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