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- Award ID(s):
- 2009487
- NSF-PAR ID:
- 10356874
- Date Published:
- Journal Name:
- Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical
- Volume:
- 55
- Issue:
- 30
- ISSN:
- 1751-8113
- Page Range / eLocation ID:
- 305701
- Format(s):
- Medium: X
- Sponsoring Org:
- National Science Foundation
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