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MathSciNet review: 1566850
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Book Information:

Author: Harry Hochstadt
Title: The functions of mathematical physics
Additional book information: Pure and Applied Mathematics, Vol. 23, Wiley-Interscience, New York, 1971, xi+322 pp., $17.50.

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  • Review Information:

    Reviewer: Ian N. Sneddon
    Journal: Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 82 (1976), 237-243
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0002-9904-1976-14001-3