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Author: Joel Smoller
Title: Shock waves and reaction-diffusion equations
Additional book information: A Series of Comprehensive Studies in Mathematics, Vol. 258, Springer-Verlag, New York, 1983, xx + 581 pp., $39.00. ISBN 0-3879-0752-1.

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    Review Information:

    Reviewer: Ronald J. DiPerna
    Journal: Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 11 (1984), 204-214
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0273-0979-1984-15271-6