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Examples are worked out using a new equation proposed in the previous paper to show that it has new physical predictions for mesoscopic systems.
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Ghose, P., Samal, M.K. A Continuous Transition Between Quantum and Classical Mechanics. II. Foundations of Physics 32, 893–906 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1016007212498
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