Spheres and hemispheres as quantum state spaces

Journal of Geometry and Physics

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 76-92

  Uhlmann, A ^a,b  

^a Erwin Schrodinger International Institute for Mathematical Physics   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

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EID: 0029689510     PISSN: 03930440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0393-0440(95)00004-6     Document Type: Article

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