Strict positivity of a relativistic Hamiltonian due to Brown and Ravenhall

Bulletin of the London Mathematical Society

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 283-290

  Tix, C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

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EID: 0001130659     PISSN: 00246093     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1112/S0024609397004256     Document Type: Article

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