Supergeometry and quantum field theory, or: What is a classical configuration?

Reviews in Mathematical Physics

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 993-1052

  Schmitt, T ^a  

^a NONE   (Germany)

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EID: 0031260720     PISSN: 0129055X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0129055X97000348     Document Type: Article

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