Rescaled contact processes converge to super-Brownian motion in two or more dimensions

Probability Theory and Related Fields

Volumn 114, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 309-399

  Durrett, Richard ^a   Perkins, Edwin A ^b  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

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EID: 0038979178     PISSN: 01788051     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004400050228     Document Type: Article

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