Dynamical Theory in Curved Spaces. I. A Review of the Classical and Quantum Action Principles

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DOI10.1103/RevModPhys.29.377zbMath0118.23301MaRDI QIDQ5729211

Bryce S. de Witt

Publication date: 1957

Published in: Reviews of Modern Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)




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