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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: 1567482
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Book Information:

Authors: John Guckenheimer and Philip Holmes
Title: Nonlinear oscillations, dynamical systems, and bifurcations of vector fields
Additional book information: Applied Mathematical Sciences, Vol. 42, Springer-Verlag, New York, 1983, xvi + 453 pp., $32.00. ISBN 0-3879-0819-6.

Author: M. C. Irwin
Title: Smooth dynamical systems
Additional book information: Academic Press Inc., London, 1980, x + 260 pp., $48.50. ISBN 0-1237-4450-4.

Authors: Jacob Palis Jr. and Welington de Melo
Title: Geometric theory of dynamical systems, an introduction
Additional book information: Springer-Verlag, New York, 1982, xii + 198 pp., $ 28.00. ISBN 0-3879-0668-1.

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  • Review Information:

    Reviewer: John Franks
    Journal: Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 10 (1984), 135-139
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0273-0979-1984-15217-0