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Complete exponential convergence and some related topics

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 July 2016

C. R. Heathcote
C. R. Heathcote*
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Australian National University
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Journal of Applied Probability , Volume 4 , Issue 2 , August 1967 , pp. 217 - 256
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