An inequality for characteristic functions and its applications to uncertainty relations and the quantum Zeno effect

Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and General

Volumn 35, Issue 28, 2002, Pages 5935-5941

  Luo, Shunlong ^a   Wang, Zhen ^b   Zhang, Qiang ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF APPLIED MATHEMATICS   (China)

^b Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics   (China)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

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EID: 0041350415     PISSN: 03054470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0305-4470/35/28/311     Document Type: Article

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