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The Noncommutative Geometry of the Standard Model

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One of the major applications of noncommutative geometry to physics has been the derivation of the Standard Model of particle physics from a suitable almost-commutative manifold.

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van Suijlekom, W.D. (2015). The Noncommutative Geometry of the Standard Model. In: Noncommutative Geometry and Particle Physics. Mathematical Physics Studies. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-9162-5_11

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