An Introduction to Spinors

DOI10.1103/RevModPhys.25.714zbMath0051.20705MaRDI QIDQ5820277

William L. Bade, H. Jehle

Publication date: 1953

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

zbMATH Keywords

quantum theory

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