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# References & Related Content

| Author(s)                                         | Year Published | Description                                                           | URL                                                                                                                                                        |
| ------------------------------------------------- | -------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Fernando Martinelli & Nikolai Mushegian.          | 2019           | Balancer whitepaper                                                   | <https://balancer.fi/whitepaper.pdf>                                                                                                                       |
| Fernando Martinelli                               | 2019           | Balancer Bonding Curves, Surfaces, and Automated Portfolio Management | <https://medium.com/balancer-protocol/bonding-surfaces-balancer-protocol-ff6d3d05d577>                                                                     |
| Fernando Martinelli                               | 2020           | Impermanent Loss and Price Impact (slippage)                          | <https://medium.com/balancer-protocol/calculating-value-impermanent-loss-and-slippage-for-balancer-pools-4371a21f1a86>                                     |
| Hayden Adams, Noah Zinmesiter, Dan Robinson       | 2020           | Uniswap whitepaper                                                    | <https://whitepaper.io/document/600/uniswap-whitepaper>                                                                                                    |
| DefiYield Guides                                  | 2020           | Impermanent Loss and Asset Management                                 | <https://defiyield-app-guides.medium.com/why-impermanent-loss-calculators-are-wrong-and-how-to-avoid-incorrect-assessment-of-the-money-waste-d349607706fc> |
| Balancer Labs, Rabmarut, Solarcurve, and Bakamoto | 2021           | Volatility Harvesting; Swap fees vs. Impermanent Loss Case Study      | <https://medium.com/balancer-protocol/case-study-harvesting-volatility-with-a-50-50-balancer-pool-5a6fdb8f2e41>                                            |
| Balancer Labs                                     | 2021           | Balancer Protocol and AMM Overview                                    | <https://medium.com/balancer-protocol/what-is-balancer-the-complete-guide-762ee230a9d4>                                                                    |
| Fernando Martinelli                               | 2021           | What is an AMM?                                                       | <https://medium.com/balancer-protocol/what-is-an-automated-market-maker-amm-588954fc5ff7>                                                                  |
| Fernando Martinelli                               | 2021           | Balancer V2, Vault Architecture and applications                      | <https://medium.com/balancer-protocol/balancer-v2-generalizing-amms-16343c4563ff>                                                                          |
| Balancer Labs                                     | 2021           | Balancer Labs Documentation - Crucial for all sources of information  | [https://docs.balancer.fi/](https://docs.balancer.fi)                                                                                                      |
| Balancers Labs                                    | 2021           | Balancer Labs Documentation - Emphasis on Developer geared inquiries  | [https://dev.balancer.fi/](https://dev.balancer.fi)                                                                                                        |
| Balancers Labs                                    | Updated Daily  | Balancers Labs Github page                                            | <https://github.com/balancer-labs>                                                                                                                         |