Symmetry and gauge freedom

Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part B - Studies in History and Philosophy of Modern Physics

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 189-225

  Belot, Gordon ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Gauge theories; Hamiltonian mechanics; Symmetry; Symplectic reduction

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037409104     PISSN: 13552198     EISSN: 18792502     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1355-2198(03)00004-2     Document Type: Article

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