Topological and algebraic aspects of quantization : symmetries and statistics

Sudarshan, E. C. G. ; Imbo, Tom D. ; Imbo, Chandni Shah

Annales de l'I.H.P. Physique théorique, Tome 49 (1988), p. 387-396 / Harvested from Numdam

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Publié le : 1988-01-01

MR 988435 | 1 citation dans Numdam

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