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MathSciNet review: 1567908
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Book Information:

Author: Paul Koosis
Title: The logarithmic integral
Additional book information: Cambridge Studies In Advanced Mathematics, vol. 12, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, New York, New Rochelle, Melbourne, Sydney, 1988, xvi + 606 pp., $89.50. ISBN 0-521-30906-9.

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  • Review Information:

    Reviewer: James E. Brennan
    Journal: Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 24 (1991), 248-257
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0273-0979-1991-16003-9