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arXiv:1406.1835 · Studies in universal logic

Potentiality and Contradiction in Quantum Mechanics

Jonas R. Becker Arenhart, Décio Krause

Published Jan 1, 2015• 8 citations
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10.1007/978-3-319-15368-1_8

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