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Book Information:

Author: A. M. Fink
Title: Almost periodic differential equations
Additional book information: Lecture Notes in Mathematics, No. 377. Springer-Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg, New York, 1974, vii+336 pp.

Authors: R. Reissig, G. Sansone and R. Conti
Title: Nonlinear differential equations of higher order
Additional book information: Noordhoff, Leyden, 1974, xiii+669 pp.

Author: J. K. Hale
Title: Functional differential equations
Additional book information: Applied Mathematical Sciences, No. 3. Springer-Verlag, New York, Heidelberg, Berlin, 1971, viii+238 pp.

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  • Review Information:

    Reviewer: George R. Sell
    Journal: Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 82 (1976), 198-207
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0002-9904-1976-13985-7