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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: 3443030
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Book Information:

Author: M. Talagrand
Title: Upper and lower bounds for stochastic processes
Additional book information: Modern methods and classical problems, Ergebnisse der Mathematik und iher Grenzgebiete. 3. Folge. A Series of Modern Surveys in Mathematics [Results in Mathematics and Related Areas, 3rd Series of Modern Surveys in Mathematics], Vol. 60, Springer, Heidelberg, 2014, xvi+626 pp., ISBN 978-3-642-54074-5/978-3-642-54075-2, US $149.00

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  • Review Information:

    Reviewer: Antonio Auffinger
    Affiliation: Mathematics Department,Northwestern University, 2033 Sheridan Road,Evanston, Illinois 60208
    Email: auffing@math.northwestern.edu
    Journal: Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 53 (2016), 173-177
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/bull/1511
    Published electronically: August 26, 2015
    Review copyright: © Copyright 2015 American Mathematical Society