Conceptual Guardrails: A Return from Mathematical Formalism to Constructive Physics
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Authors
- M. Sugama
Publication Details
- Journal
- Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
- Published
- 2026-09-20
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22849570
- Primary Topic
- Quantum Mechanics and Applications
- Type
- preprint