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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: 1568023
Full text of review: PDF   This review is available free of charge.
Book Information:

Author: Juri Engelbrecht
Title: Introduction to asymmetric solitary waves
Additional book information: Longman Scientific \& Technical and Wiley, New York, 1991, 280 pp., US$102.00. ISBN 0-582-07814-8.

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    Review Information:

    Reviewer: John Albert
    Journal: Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 28 (1993), 164-168
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0273-0979-1993-00343-4