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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: 1567615
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Book Information:

Authors: Stewart N. Ethier and Thomas G. Kurtz
Title: Markov processes: Characterization and convergence
Additional book information: John Wiley & Sons, New York, Chichester, Brisbane, Toronto, and Singapore, 1986, x + 534 pp., $47.50. ISBN 0-471-08186-8.

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  • Review Information:

    Reviewer: David J. Aldous
    Journal: Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 16 (1987), 315-318
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0273-0979-1987-15533-9