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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: 1567277
Full text of review: PDF   This review is available free of charge.
Book Information:

Author: David L. Russell
Title: Mathematics of finite-dimensional control systems. Theory and design
Additional book information: Lecture Notes in Pure and Applied Mathematics, Vol. 43, Marcel Dekker, New York and Basel, 1979, viii + 553 pp., $45.00.

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  • Review Information:

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    Journal: Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 3 (1980), 770-772
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0273-0979-1980-14816-8