Toward quantum mathematics. I. From quantum set theory to universal quantum mechanics

Journal of Mathematical Physics

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 1344-1358

  Schlesinger, Karl Georg ^a  

^a Ervin Schrodinger Inst Math Phys   (Austria)

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EID: 0033241364     PISSN: 00222488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.532806     Document Type: Article

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