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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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Book Information:

Editors: Brian R. Hunt, Judy A. Kennedy, Tien-Yien Li and Helena E. Nusse
Title: The theory of chaotic attractors
Additional book information: edited by Brian R. Hunt, Judy A. Kennedy, Tien-Yien Li and Helena E. Nusse, Springer-Verlag, New York, 2004, vi+514 pp., ISBN 0-387-40349-3, US$69.95$

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  • Review Information:

    Reviewer: Kathleen T. Alligood
    Affiliation: George Mason University
    Email: alligood@gmu.edu
    Journal: Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 44 (2007), 317-321
    Published electronically: November 7, 2006
    Review copyright: © Copyright 2006 American Mathematical Society
    The copyright for this article reverts to public domain 28 years after publication.