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Nature Physics 2, 69 - 70 (2006)
doi:10.1038/nphys221
Subject Category: Statistical physics, thermodynamics and nonlinear dynamics
Random walks: Follow the money
Michael F. Shlesinger1
- Michael F. Shlesinger is at the Office of Naval Research, 875 North Randolph Street, Arlington, Virginia 22203–1995, USA. e-mail: shlesim@onr.navy.mil
Abstract
The tracking of the circulation of dollar bills around the United States, to map human travel patterns, has at last uncovered a physical example of a particular style of random walk.
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