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Book Review

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MathSciNet review: 1566860
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Book Information:

Author: R. W. Lardner
Title: Mathematical theory of dislocations and fracture
Additional book information: University of Toronto Press, Toronto, 1974, xi+363 pp.

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    Review Information:

    Reviewer: Morton Lowengrub
    Journal: Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 82 (1976), 446-451
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0002-9904-1976-14038-4