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Unitarity and discontinuity formulae

Part II: S-Matrix

Part of the Lecture Notes in Mathematics book series (LNM,volume 449)

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  • Physical Region
  • Unitarity Equation
  • Unitarity Integral
  • Dual Resonance
  • Quantum Mechanical Probability

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Olive, D. (1975). Unitarity and discontinuity formulae. In: Pham, F. (eds) Hyperfunctions and Theoretical Physics. Lecture Notes in Mathematics, vol 449. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0062920

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