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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Shiryayev, A. N

Titel

Selected Works of A. N. Kolmogorov : Volume II Probability Theory and Mathematical Statistics [Elektronische Ressource]

Ist Teil von

• Mathematics and Its Applications (Soviet Series) : 26

Ort / Verlag

Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands

Erscheinungsjahr

1992

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