Short-time geometry of random heat kernels

Memoirs of the American Mathematical Society

Volumn 132, Issue 629, 1998, Pages

  Sowers, Richard B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

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EID: 33646844430     PISSN: 00659266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1090/memo/0629     Document Type: Article

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