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Mathematics of Computation
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Journal: Math. Comp. 65, 429-443
DOI:
10.1090/S0025-5718-96-00698-9
PII:
S 0025-5718(96)00698-9
Copyright of article: Copyright 1996, American Mathematical Society
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Handbook of numerical analysis, edited by P. G. Ciarlet and J. L. Lions
Techniques of scientfic computing (Part 1), Numerical methods for solids (Part 1), Solution of equations in (Part2),, North-Holland, Amsterdam, 1994, x+778, $154.25/Dfl. 270.00
1991 Mathematics Subject Classification. Primary 65-00, 41-00, 41A05, 41A21, 41A55, 41A65, 65C05, 65H05, 65T20, 73C50, 73V20

Reviewed by: Dietrich Braess
Affiliation: Institut für Mathematik, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, 44780 Bochum, Germany



Boundary value problems for partial differential equations and applications, edited by C. Baiocchi
Research Notes in Applied Mathematics, vol. 23, Masson, Paris, 1993, xii+460, F 390
1991 Mathematics Subject Classification. Primary 65-06, 65Nxx

Reviewed by: James H. Bramble

Control and estimation in distributed parameter systems, edited by H. T. Banks
Frontiers in Applied Mathematics, vol. 11, Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics, Philadelphia, PA, 1992, xii + 227, $56.50
1991 Mathematics Subject Classification. Primary 49-02, 70-08, 70Q05

Reviewed by: Giles Auchmuty
Affiliation: Department of Mathematics, University of Houston, Houston, TX 77204-3476

The fuzzy systems handbook: A practitioner's guide to building, using, and maintaining fuzzy systems, by Earl Cox
AP Professional, Boston, MA, 1994, xxxviii + 615, $49.95
1991 Mathematics Subject Classification. Primary 94-01, 94D05

Reviewed by: George J. Klir
Affiliation: Department of Systems Science and Industrial Engineering, SUNY at Binghamton, Binghamton, NY 13902

Advances in computational mathematics: New Delhi, India, edited by H. P. Dikshit and C. A. Micchelli
Series in Approximations and Decompositions, Vol. 4 World Scientific, Singapore, 1994, xvi + 319, $75.00
1991 Mathematics Subject Classification. Primary 41-06, 65-06, 42-06, 46-06

Reviewed by: J. D. Ward
Affiliation: Department of Mathematics, Texas A & M University, College Station, TX 77843-3368

Proceedings of the Cornelius Lanczos international centenary conference, edited by J. David Brown, Moody T. Chu, Donald C. Ellison and Robert J. Plemmons
SIAM Proceedings Series, Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics, Philadelphia, PA, 1994, 1xvi + 644, $78.50
1991 Mathematics Subject Classification. Primary 01A70, 65-06, 65F10, 65T20, 76W05, 83-06, 83C05, 85-06

Reviewed by: Eugene Isaacson

Curves and surfaces in geometric design, edited by Pierre-Jean Laurent, Alain le Méhauté and Larry L. Schumaker
A K Peters, Wellesley, MA, 1994, xvi + 490, $69.95
1991 Mathematics Subject Classification. Primary 41-06, 41A15, 65-06, 65D07, 65D10

Reviewed by: Phillip Barry
Affiliation: Department of Computer Science, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455

Adapted wavelet analysis from theory to software, by Mladen Victor Wickerhauser, A K Peters
Wellesley, MA, 1994, xii + 486, $59.95
1991 Mathematics Subject Classification. Primary 41-04, 41A30, 42A38, 65D99, 68U10

Reviewed by: Charles Chui
Affiliation: Department of Mathematics, Texas A & M University, College Station, TX 77843-3368

Wavelets in geophysics, edited by Efi Foufoula-Georgiou and Praveen Kumar
Wavelet Analysis and Its Applications, Vol. 4 Academic Press, San Diego, CA, 1994, xiv + 372, $59.95
1991 Mathematics Subject Classification. Primary 42-06, 42C10, 86-06, 86-08

Reviewed by: Mrinal K. Sen
Affiliation: Institute for Geophysics, The University of Texas at Austin, 8701 N. Mopac Expressway, Austin, TX 78759
Reviewed by: Paul L. Stoffa
Affiliation: Institute for Geophysics and Department of Geological Sciences, The University of Texas at Austin, 8701 N. Mopac Expressway, Austin, TX 78759

Topics in polynomials: extremal problems, inequalities, zeros, by G. V. Milovanovic, D. S. Mitrinovic and Th. M. Rassias
World Scientific, Singapore, 1994, xiv + 821, $115.00
1991 Mathematics Subject Classification. Primary 41-02, 41A17, 26C05, 26C10, 26Dxx

Reviewed by: E. W. Cheney

Optimization and nonstandard analysis, by J. E. Rubio
Monographs and Textbooks in Pure and Applied Mathematics, Vol. 184 Dekker, New York, 1994, xii + 356, $135.00
1991 Mathematics Subject Classification. Primary 49-02, 49J10, 65K10

Reviewed by: William C. Davidon
Affiliation: Department of Mathematics, Haverford College, Haverford, PA 19041-14392

Parallel processing for scientific computing, edited by David H. Bailey, Petter E. Bjorstad, John R. Gilbert, Michael V. Mascagni, Robert S. Schreiber, Horst D. Simon, Virginia J. Torczon and Layne T. Watson
SIAM Proceedings Series, Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics, Philadelphia, PA, 1995, xviii + 875, $105.00
1991 Mathematics Subject Classification. Primary 65-06, 65Y05

Reviewed by: Walter Gautschi

A course in computational algebraic number theory, by Henri Cohen
Graduate Texts in Mathematics, Vol. 138 Springer, Berlin, 1993, xxii + 534, $49.00
1991 Mathematics Subject Classification. Primary 11-01, 11Yxx

Reviewed by: René Schoof


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