U DUALITY AS GENERAL COORDINATE TRANSFORMATIONS, AND SPACE–TIME GEOMETRY
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عنوان ژورنال: International Journal of Modern Physics A
سال: 1999
ISSN: 0217-751X,1793-656X
DOI: 10.1142/s0217751x99002323