The history of the stretched exponential function

Annalen der Physik (Leipzig)

Volumn 16, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 842-845

  Cardona, M ^a   Chamberlin, R V ^b   Marx, W ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR FESTKÖRPERFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Citation analysis; History of physics; Stretched exponential

Indexed keywords

EID: 37649009340     PISSN: 00033804     EISSN: 15213889     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/andp.200710269     Document Type: Note

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