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Convex Geometry: A Travel to the Limits of Our Knowledge

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Geometric Methods in Physics

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Our knowledge and ignorance concerning the geometry of quantum states are discussed.

Mathematics Subject Classification (2010). Primary 81P16; Secondary 52A20.

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  1. Physics Department, Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados del IPN, Mexico DF, Mexico

    Bogdan Mielnik

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  1. Departamento de Física, CINVESTAV, Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico

    Piotr Kielanowski

  2. Dept. of Mathematics and Statistics, Concordia University, Montreal, Québec, Canada

    S. Twareque Ali

  3. Institute of Mathematics, University of Bialystok, Bialystok, Poland

    Anatol Odzijewicz

  4. Mathematics Research Unit, FSTC, University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg-Kirchberg, Luxembourg

    Martin Schlichenmaier

  5. School of Mathematics, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom

    Theodore Voronov

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Mielnik, B. (2013). Convex Geometry: A Travel to the Limits of Our Knowledge. In: Kielanowski, P., Ali, S., Odzijewicz, A., Schlichenmaier, M., Voronov, T. (eds) Geometric Methods in Physics. Trends in Mathematics. Birkhäuser, Basel. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-0348-0448-6_20

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