Classical topology and quantum states

Pramana - Journal of Physics

Volumn 56, Issue 2-3, 2001, Pages 223-237

  Balachandran, A P ^a  

^a SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fuzzy topology; Quantum topology; Topology change

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL OPERATORS; STATISTICAL MECHANICS; TOPOLOGY;

AXIOMS; FUZZY TOPOLOGY; QUANTUM PHYSICS;

QUANTUM THEORY;

EID: 0035246778     PISSN: 03044289     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12043-001-0120-y     Document Type: Article

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