Proof of the Boltzmann-Sinai ergodic hypothesis for typical hard disk systems

Inventiones Mathematicae

Volumn 154, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 123-178

  Simányi, Nándor ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

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EID: 18744435593     PISSN: 00209910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00222-003-0304-9     Document Type: Article

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