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Random Matrices and Applications, Theoretical and Computational Physics, Opinion Dynamics and Social Influence

Equivalence of<i>s</i>-<i>d</i>Exchange, Anderson and Wolff Models

Progress of Theoretical Physics · 1971

FFumiaki Shibata·KKazushige Machida·HHiroshi Mamada
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Fumiaki Shibata, Kazushige Machida, Hiroshi Mamada; Equivalence of s-d Exchange, Anderson and Wolff Models, Progress of Theoretical Physics, Volume 45, Iss

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Opinion Dynamics and Social InfluenceRandom Matrices and ApplicationsTheoretical and Computational Physics
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