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On the Use of Determinants and their Expansions for Various Physical Problems

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The use of determinants and their expansions for various physical problems is advocated.

This paper is dedicated to Professor Elliott Montroll on the ocassion of his sixtieth birthday.

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Hioe, F.T. (1977). On the Use of Determinants and their Expansions for Various Physical Problems. In: Landman, U. (eds) Statistical Mechanics and Statistical Methods in Theory and Application. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-4166-6_8

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