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Litvak, A.E., Tomczak-Jaegermann, N. (2000). Random aspects of high-dimensional convex bodies. In: Milman, V.D., Schechtman, G. (eds) Geometric Aspects of Functional Analysis. Lecture Notes in Mathematics, vol 1745. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0107214

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