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Part of the book series: Mathematics and Its Applications ((MAIA,volume 427))

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Since ancient times a mathematical apparatus has played a very important role in the process of the human investigation of physical reality. In our book we try to understand this role in different physical theories, especially in quantum mechanics.

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Khrennikov, A. (1997). Measurements and Numbers. In: Non-Archimedean Analysis: Quantum Paradoxes, Dynamical Systems and Biological Models. Mathematics and Its Applications, vol 427. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-1483-4_1

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