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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)

The 2020 MCQ for Bulletin of the American Mathematical Society is 0.84.

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Book Review

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MathSciNet review: 1567074
Full text of review: PDF   This review is available free of charge.
Book Information:

Author: Jonathan Brezin
Title: Harmonic analysis on compact solvmanifolds
Additional book information: Lecture Notes in Math., vol. 602, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg, New York, 1977, v + 177 pp.

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  • Review Information:

    Reviewer: Roger Howe
    Journal: Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 84 (1978), 671-674
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0002-9904-1978-14520-0