A paradoxical property of the monkey book

Journal of Statistical Mechanics: Theory and Experiment

Volumn 2011, Issue 7, 2011, Pages

  Bernhardsson, Sebastian ^a   Baek, Seung Ki ^a   Minnhagen, Petter ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

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EID: 80051518051     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17425468     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1742-5468/2011/07/P07013     Document Type: Article

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