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ISSN 1088-9485 (online) ISSN 0273-0979 (print)

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MathSciNet review: 1567870
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Book Information:

Author: E. B. Davies
Title: Heat kernels and spectral theory
Additional book information: Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1989, 197 pp., $49.50. ISBN 0-521-36136-2.

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  • Review Information:

    Reviewer: Robert S. Strichartz
    Journal: Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 23 (1990), 222-227
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0273-0979-1990-15936-1