The Karlin-McGregor formula for a variant of a discrete version of Walsh's spider

Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical

Volumn 42, Issue 45, 2009, Pages

  Grünbaum, F Alberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 72449146943     PISSN: 17518113     EISSN: 17518121     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1751-8113/42/45/454010     Document Type: Article

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