How high-dimensional stadia look like

Communications in Mathematical Physics

Volumn 197, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 277-301

  Bunimovich, Leonid A ^a   Rehacek, Jan ^b  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

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EID: 0032186754     PISSN: 00103616     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002200050451     Document Type: Article

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