The "Jeans swindle" a true story - Mathematically speaking

Advances in Applied Mathematics

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 132-149

  Kiessling, Michael K H ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0038455626     PISSN: 01968858     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0196-8858(02)00556-0     Document Type: Article

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