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Michael F. Shlesinger
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Michael F. Shlesinger: Michael F. Shlesinger is in the Office of Naval Research/Code 30, 875 North Randolph Street, Arlington, Virginia 22203, USA. mike.shlesinger@navy.mil

Nature, 2007, vol. 450, issue 7166, 40-41

Abstract: The idea of 'random walks' pops up in areas from biochemical reaction pathways to animals' foraging strategies. A central question — how likely is it that a walker is somewhere for the first time? — now has a simpler answer.

Date: 2007
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