The uncanny precision of the spectral action

Communications in Mathematical Physics

Volumn 293, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 867-897

  Chamseddine, Ali H ^a,c   Connes, Alain ^b,c,d  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

^b Centre de Recherche Interdisciplinaire en Biologie   (France)

^c INSTITUT DES HAUTES ÉTUDES SCIENTIFIQUES   (France)

^d VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 71249152367     PISSN: 00103616     EISSN: 14320916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00220-009-0949-3     Document Type: Article

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