Comprehensive Dictionary of Mathematics) Richard A. Matzner-Dictionary of Analysis, Calculus, and Differential Equations-CRC Press (1999).pdf

DICTIONARY OF
Analysis,
Calculus, and
differential
equations

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A VOLUME IN THE
COMPREHENSIVE DICTIONARY
OF MATHEMATICS
DICTIONARY OF
Analysis,
Calculus, and
differential
equations
Douglas N. Clark
University of ia
Athens, ia
CRC Press
Boca Raton London New York Washington, .
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Dictionary of analysis, calculus, and differential equations / [edited by] Douglas N. Clark.
p. cm. —(Comprehensive dictionary of mathematics)
ISBN 0-8493-0320-6 (alk. paper)
1. Mathematical analysis—Dictionaries. 2. Calculus—Dictionaries. 3. Differential
equations—Dictionaries. I. Clark, Douglas N. (Douglas Napier), 1944– II. Series.
QA5 .D53 1999
515′.03—dc21 99-087759
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