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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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Book Information:

Authors: Daniel A. Klain and Gian-Carlo Rota
Title: Introduction to geometric probability
Additional book information: Cambridge University Press, 1997, xiv+178 pp., ISBN 0 521 59362 X, $59.95$, hardback; ISBN 0 521 59654 8, $19.95$, paperback

References [Enhancements On Off] (What's this?)

  • H. Hadwiger, Vorlesungen über Inhalt, Oberfläche und Isoperimetrie, Springer-Verlag, Berlin-Göttingen-Heidelberg, 1957 (German). MR 0102775
  • Peter McMullen, Valuations and dissections, Handbook of convex geometry, Vol. A, B, North-Holland, Amsterdam, 1993, pp. 933–988. MR 1243000
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    Review Information:

    Reviewer: Günter M. Ziegler
    Affiliation: Technische Universität Berlin
    Email: ziegler@math.tu-berlin.de
    Journal: Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 37 (2000), 205-206
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0273-0979-99-00860-5
    Keywords: Geometric probability, integral geometry, valuations
    Published electronically: December 21, 1999
    Review copyright: © Copyright 2000 American Mathematical Society