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Quantum physics and semisimple symmetric spaces

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Lie Group Representations III

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Zuckerman, G.J. (1984). Quantum physics and semisimple symmetric spaces. In: Herb, R., Johnson, R., Lipsman, R., Rosenberg, J. (eds) Lie Group Representations III. Lecture Notes in Mathematics, vol 1077. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0072348

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