Group theoretical quantization and the example of a phase space S1×ℝ+

Journal of Mathematical Physics

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 2537-2567

  Bojowald, Martin ^a   Strobl, Thomas ^a  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

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EID: 0034347317     PISSN: 00222488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.533258     Document Type: Article

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