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These are the notes of a lecture given at the Pisa summer school on Basic nuclear interactions and their link to nuclear processes in the cosmos and on earth. Taking a historical perspective we will describe the gauge principle, which lies at the basis of all known fundamental interactions.
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Girlanda, L. Symmetries and fundamental interactions: Theory. Eur. Phys. J. Plus 133, 483 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1140/epjp/i2018-12383-4
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