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Author(s): Wolfgang Woess
Title: Random walks on infinite graphs and groups
Additional book information: Cambridge Tracts in Mathematics, vol. 138, Cambridge University Press, 2000, xi+334, $64.95, ISBN 0-521-55292-3


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Additional Information:

Reviewer(s):
Toshikazu Sunada
Affiliation: Tohoku University
Email: sunada@math.tohoku.ac.jp

Review Information:
Journal: Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 39 (2002), 281-285.

MSC (2000): Primary 05C25, 31C20, 60J10, 60J50, 68F05
PII: S 0273-0979(01)00935-1
Posted: December 27, 2001
Copyright of article: Copyright 2001, American Mathematical Society


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