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Journal: Math. Comp. 65 (1996), 429-443
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0025-5718-96-00698-9
Review copyright: © Copyright 1996 American Mathematical Society
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Handbook of numerical analysis, edited by P. G. Ciarlet and J. L. Lions
Additional book information: edited by P. G. Ciarlet and J. L. Lions, Techniques of scientfic computing (Part 1), Numerical methods for solids (Part 1), Solution of equations in (Part2),, North-Holland, Amsterdam, 1994, x+778 pp., $154.25/Dfl. 270.00$
MSC (1991): Primary 65-00, 41-00, 41A05, 41A21, 41A55, 41A65, 65C05, 65H05, 65T20, 73C50, 73V20

Reviewed by: Dietrich Braess
Affiliation: Institut für Mathematik Ruhr-Universität Bochum 44780 Bochum, Germany

Boundary value problems for partial differential equations and applications, edited by C. Baiocchi
Additional book information: edited by C. Baiocchi, Research Notes in Applied Mathematics, vol. 23, Masson, Paris, 1993, xii+460 pp., F 390
MSC (1991): Primary 65-06, 65Nxx

Reviewed by: James H. Bramble

Control and estimation in distributed parameter systems, edited by H. T. Banks
Additional book information: edited by H. T. Banks, Frontiers in Applied Mathematics, vol. 11, Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics, Philadelphia, PA, 1992, xii + 227 pp., $56.50$
MSC (1991): Primary 49-02, 70-08, 70Q05

Reviewed by: Giles Auchmuty
Affiliation: Department of Mathematics University of Houston Houston, TX 77204-3476

The fuzzy systems handbook: A practitioner's guide to building, using, and maintaining fuzzy systems, by Earl Cox
Additional book information: AP Professional, Boston, MA, 1994, xxxviii + 615 pp., $49.95$
MSC (1991): Primary 94-01, 94D05

Reviewed by: George J. Klir
Affiliation: Department of Systems Science and Industrial Engineering SUNY at Binghamton Binghamton, NY 13902

Advances in computational mathematics: New Delhi, India, edited by H. P. Dikshit and C. A. Micchelli
Additional book information: edited by H. P. Dikshit and C. A. Micchelli, Series in Approximations and Decompositions, Vol. 4 World Scientific, Singapore, 1994, xvi + 319 pp., $75.00$
MSC (1991): Primary 41-06, 65-06, 42-06, 46-06

Reviewed by: J. D. Ward
Affiliation: Department of Mathematics Texas A & M University College Station, TX 77843-3368

Proceedings of the Cornelius Lanczos international centenary conference, edited by J. David Brown, Moody T. Chu, Donald C. Ellison and Robert J. Plemmons
Additional book information: edited by J. David Brown, Moody T. Chu, Donald C. Ellison and Robert J. Plemmons, SIAM Proceedings Series, Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics, Philadelphia, PA, 1994, 1xvi + 644 pp., $78.50$
MSC (1991): Primary 01A70, 65-06, 65F10, 65T20, 76W05, 83-06, 83C05, 85-06

Reviewed by: Eugene Isaacson

Curves and surfaces in geometric design, edited by Pierre-Jean Laurent, Alain le Méhauté and Larry L. Schumaker
Additional book information: edited by Pierre-Jean Laurent, Alain le Méhauté and Larry L. Schumaker, A K Peters, Wellesley, MA, 1994, xvi + 490 pp., $69.95$
MSC (1991): Primary 41-06, 41A15, 65-06, 65D07, 65D10

Reviewed by: Phillip Barry
Affiliation: Department of Computer Science University of Minnesota Minneapolis, MN 55455

Adapted wavelet analysis from theory to software, by A K Peters Mladen Victor Wickerhauser
Additional book information: Wellesley, MA, 1994, xii + 486 pp., $59.95$
MSC (1991): Primary 41-04, 41A30, 42A38, 65D99, 68U10

Reviewed by: Charles Chui
Affiliation: Department of Mathematics Texas A & M University College Station, TX 77843-3368

Wavelets in geophysics, edited by Efi Foufoula-Georgiou and Praveen Kumar
Additional book information: edited by Efi Foufoula-Georgiou and Praveen Kumar, Wavelet Analysis and Its Applications, Vol. 4 Academic Press, San Diego, CA, 1994, xiv + 372 pp., $59.95$
MSC (1991): Primary 42-06, 42C10, 86-06, 86-08

Reviewed by: Mrinal K. Sen
Affiliation: Institute for Geophysics The University of Texas at Austin 8701 N. Mopac Expressway Austin, TX 78759
Reviewed by: Paul L. Stoffa
Affiliation: Institute for Geophysics and Department of Geological Sciences The University of Texas at Austin 8701 N. Mopac Expressway Austin, TX 78759

Topics in polynomials: extremal problems, inequalities, zeros, by G. V. Milovanovic, D. S. Mitrinovic and Th. M. Rassias
Additional book information: World Scientific, Singapore, 1994, xiv + 821 pp., $115.00$
MSC (1991): Primary 41-02, 41A17, 26C05, 26C10, 26Dxx

Reviewed by: E. W. Cheney

Optimization and nonstandard analysis, by J. E. Rubio
Additional book information: Monographs and Textbooks in Pure and Applied Mathematics, Vol. 184 Dekker, New York, 1994, xii + 356 pp., $135.00$
MSC (1991): Primary 49-02, 49J10, 65K10

Reviewed by: William C. Davidon
Affiliation: Department of Mathematics Haverford College Haverford, PA 19041-14392

Parallel processing for scientific computing, edited by David H. Bailey, Petter E. Bjorstad, John R. Gilbert, Michael V. Mascagni, Robert S. Schreiber, Horst D. Simon, Virginia J. Torczon and Layne T. Watson
Additional book information: edited by David H. Bailey, Petter E. Bjorstad, John R. Gilbert, Michael V. Mascagni, Robert S. Schreiber, Horst D. Simon, Virginia J. Torczon and Layne T. Watson, SIAM Proceedings Series, Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics, Philadelphia, PA, 1995, xviii + 875 pp., $105.00$
MSC (1991): Primary 65-06, 65Y05

Reviewed by: Walter Gautschi

A course in computational algebraic number theory, by Henri Cohen
Additional book information: Graduate Texts in Mathematics, Vol. 138 Springer, Berlin, 1993, xxii + 534 pp., $49.00$
MSC (1991): Primary 11-01, 11Yxx

Reviewed by: René Schoof