Partition functions and symmetric polynomials

American Journal of Physics

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 53-57

  Schmidt, Heinz Jürgen ^a   Schnack, Jürgen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSNABRÜCK   (Germany)

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EID: 23044530650     PISSN: 00029505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1119/1.1412643     Document Type: Review

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