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ISSN 1088-9485 (online) ISSN 0273-0979 (print)

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Book Review

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MathSciNet review: 3688012
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Book Information:

Author: Christopher D. Sogge
Title: Hangzhou lectures on eigenfunctions of the Laplacian
Additional book information: Annals of Mathematics Studies, Vol. 188, Princeton University Press, 2014, xii+193 pp., ISBN 978-0-691-16078-8, US $75.00

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  • Review Information:

    Reviewer: Andrew Hassell
    Affiliation: Mathematical Sciences Institute,Australian National University, Canberra, Australia
    Email: Andrew.Hassell@anu.edu.au
    Journal: Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 53 (2016), 693-699
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/bull/1531
    Published electronically: April 4, 2016
    Review copyright: © Copyright 2016 American Mathematical Society