Unitary inequivalence as a problem for structural realism
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Publication:2436219
DOI10.1016/j.shpsb.2011.09.001zbMath1281.81053OpenAlexW1993311585MaRDI QIDQ2436219
Publication date: 21 February 2014
Published in: Studies in History and Philosophy of Science. Part B. Studies in History and Philosophy of Modern Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)
Full work available at URL: http://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/5533/1/Unitary_Inequivalence_and_Structural_Realism.doc
General and philosophical questions in quantum theory (81P05) Axiomatic quantum field theory; operator algebras (81T05) Physics (00A79)
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