From the fundamental theorem of algebra to astrophysics: A "Harmonious" path

Notices of the American Mathematical Society

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 666-675

  Khavinson, Dmitry ^a   Neumann, Genevra ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN IOWA   (United States)

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