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Bismut, JM. (1986). Probability and geometry. In: Letta, G., Pratelli, M. (eds) Probability and Analysis. Lecture Notes in Mathematics, vol 1206. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0076299

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