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Bulletin of the American Mathematical Society

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

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Book Review

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MathSciNet review: 1567913
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Book Information:

Author: S. O. Fatunla
Title: Numerical methods for initial value problems in ordinary differential equations
Additional book information: Academic Press, London, 265 pp., $44.50. ISBN 0-12-249930-1.

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  • Review Information:

    Reviewer: Ian Gladwell
    Journal: Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 24 (1991), 389-391
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0273-0979-1991-16043-X