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arXiv:hep-th/9711028 · Physics Letters B

The equivalence principle of quantum mechanics: uniqueness theorem

Alon E. Faraggi, Marco Matone

Published Oct 1, 1998• 39 citations
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10.1016/s0370-2693(98)00928-9

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