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Position-Dependent Mass Systems: Classical and Quantum Pictures

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Geometric Methods in Physics XXXVIII

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The present work is an extended abstract from a series of lectures addressed to introduce elements of the theory of position-dependent mass systems in both, classical and quantum mechanics.

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The author is indebted to Sara Cruz y Cruz, with whom most of the results reported in this work have been obtained. The support from Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología (Mexico), grant number A1-S-24569, is acknowledged.

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Rosas-Ortiz, O. (2020). Position-Dependent Mass Systems: Classical and Quantum Pictures. In: Kielanowski, P., Odzijewicz, A., Previato, E. (eds) Geometric Methods in Physics XXXVIII. Trends in Mathematics. Birkhäuser, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-53305-2_24

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