Lévy flights: Exact results and asymptotics beyond all orders

Journal of Mathematical Physics

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 2670-2689

  Garoni, T M ^a   Frankel, N E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

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EID: 0035981822     PISSN: 00222488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1467095     Document Type: Article

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