From time-ordered products to Magnus expansion

Journal of Mathematical Physics

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 3268-3277

  Oteo, J A ^a   Ros, J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE FÍSICA CORPUSCULAR IFIC   (Spain)

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EID: 0034347403     PISSN: 00222488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.533304     Document Type: Article

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