@article{MSH_1978__64__71_0,
author = {Poston, Tim},
title = {On deducing the presence of catastrophes},
journal = {Math\'ematiques et sciences humaines},
pages = {71--99},
year = {1978},
publisher = {Ecole Pratique des hautes \'etudes, Centre de math\'ematique sociale et de statistique},
volume = {64},
mrnumber = {538884},
zbl = {0411.00016},
language = {en},
url = {https://www.numdam.org/item/MSH_1978__64__71_0/}
}
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Poston, Tim. On deducing the presence of catastrophes. Mathématiques et sciences humaines, Tome 64 (1978), pp. 71-99. https://www.numdam.org/item/MSH_1978__64__71_0/
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