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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: 1568172
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Book Information:

Author: Zbigniew J.\ Jurek and\linebreak J.\ David Mason
Title: Operator-limit distributions in probability theory
Additional book information: Probability and Math Statistics, Wiley, New York, 1993, xii + 292 pp., US$79.95. ISBN 0-471-58595-5.

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  • Review Information:

    Reviewer: Jerry Alan Veeh
    Journal: Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 32 (1995), 278-280
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0273-0979-1995-00576-8