Gauge symmetry of the N-body problem in the Hamilton-Jacobi approach

Journal of Mathematical Physics

Volumn 44, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 5958-5977

  Efroimsky, Michael ^a   Goldreich, Peter ^b,c  

^a US NAVAL OBSERVATORY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDY   (United States)

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EID: 0345581673     PISSN: 00222488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1622447     Document Type: Article

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