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arXiv:1407.2926 · Communications in Mathematical Physics

An Invariant of Topologically Ordered States Under Local Unitary Transformations

Jeongwan Haah

Published Feb 22, 2016• 65 citations
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10.1007/s00220-016-2594-y

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