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An Introduction to Spinors

W. L. Bade and Herbert Jehle

W. L. Bade and Herbert Jehle

  • Brace Laboratory of Physics, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska

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Rev. Mod. Phys. 25, 714 – Published 1 July, 1953

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/RevModPhys.25.714

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