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The case of Brownian motion: a note on Bachelier's contribution

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 January 2009

Robert W. Dimand
Robert W. Dimand
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Department of Economics, Brock University, St Catharines, Ontario, Canada, L2S 3A1.
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The British Journal for the History of Science , Volume 26 , Issue 2 , June 1993 , pp. 233 - 234
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Copyright © British Society for the History of Science 1993

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