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Bulletin of the American Mathematical Society

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MathSciNet review: 3363153
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Book Information:

Authors: G. Kresin and V. Maz’ya
Title: Maximum principles and sharp constants for solutions of elliptic and parabolic systems
Additional book information: Mathematical Surveys and Monographs, vol.\ 183, American Mathematical Society, Providence, RI, 2012, viii+317 pp., ISBN 978-0-8218-8981-7, US $96.00.

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  • Review Information:

    Reviewer: Dmitry Khavinson
    Affiliation: Department of Mathematics, University of South Florida
    Journal: Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 51 (2014), 701-704
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0273-0979-2014-01463-6
    Published electronically: May 29, 2014
    Review copyright: © Copyright 2014 American Mathematical Society