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AIP conference proceedings

Towards polymer quantum mechanics for fermionic systems

Angel García-Chung, Hugo Aurelio Morales-Técotl, Juan D. Reyes

Published Jan 1, 2013• 3 citations
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10.1063/1.4817037

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