Improved estimates for correlations in billiards

Communications in Mathematical Physics

Volumn 277, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 305-321

  Chernov, N ^a   Zhang, H K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b NORTH CHINA ELECTRIC POWER UNIVERSITY   (China)

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EID: 36448967888     PISSN: 00103616     EISSN: 14320916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00220-007-0360-x     Document Type: Article

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