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arXiv:math-ph/0508010 · Inventiones mathematicae

Derivation of the cubic non-linear Schrödinger equation from quantum dynamics of many-body systems

László Erdős, Benjamin Schlein, Horng‐Tzer Yau

Published Dec 19, 2006• 318 citations
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10.1007/s00222-006-0022-1

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