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Bulletin of the American Mathematical Society

The Bulletin publishes expository articles on contemporary mathematical research, written in a way that gives insight to mathematicians who may not be experts in the particular topic. The Bulletin also publishes reviews of selected books in mathematics and short articles in the Mathematical Perspectives section, both by invitation only.

ISSN 1088-9485 (online) ISSN 0273-0979 (print)

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Book Review

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MathSciNet review: 1567036
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Book Information:

Author: F. G. Friedlander
Title: The wave equation on a curved space-time
Additional book information: Cambridge Monographs on Mathematical Physics, no. 2, Cambridge Univ. Press, New York and London, 1976, x + 282 pp., $39.50.

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  • Review Information:

    Reviewer: Avron Douglis
    Journal: Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 84 (1978), 222-228
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0002-9904-1978-14458-9