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Sheaves in physics — Twistor theory

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  1. Mathematical Institute, Oxford, England

    Richard Jozsa

  2. Queen's College, Oxford, England

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Jozsa, R. (1979). Sheaves in physics — Twistor theory. In: Fourman, M., Mulvey, C., Scott, D. (eds) Applications of Sheaves. Lecture Notes in Mathematics, vol 753. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0061830

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