Realizing holonomic constraints in classical and quantum mechanics

Communications in Mathematical Physics

Volumn 220, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 489-535

  Froese, Richard ^a   Herbst, Ira ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b University of Virginia   (United States)

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EID: 0035535737     PISSN: 00103616     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002200100454     Document Type: Article

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