Product integral formalism and non-Abelian Stokes theorem

Journal of Mathematical Physics

Volumn 40, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 6033-6043

  Karp, Robert L ^a   Mansouri, Freydoon ^a   Rno, Jung S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

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EID: 0033240108     PISSN: 00222488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.533068     Document Type: Article

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24. R. L. Karp and F. Mansouri, University of Cincinnati preprint UCTP102.99, and in preparation.