Ergodicity of hard spheres in a box

Ergodic Theory and Dynamical Systems

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 741-766

  Simányi, Nándor ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED   (Hungary)

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EID: 0033423072     PISSN: 01433857     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0143385799133935     Document Type: Article

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