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Rational roulette*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 April 2009

F. Downton
Affiliation:
Department of Statistics, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, England.
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Abstract

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Type
Australian Mathematical Society Applied Mathematics Conference
Copyright
Copyright © Australian Mathematical Society 1982

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