Statistics, symmetry, and the conventionality of indistinguishability in quantum mechanics

Foundations of Physics

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 1-34

  Belousek, Darrin W ^a,b  

^a SAINT MARY'S COLLEGE   (United States)

^b GOSHEN COLLEGE   (United States)

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EID: 0034395546     PISSN: 00159018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1003658107978     Document Type: Article

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