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Our aim in this paper is to show an example of the formalism we have developed to avoid the label-tensor-product-vector-space-formalism of quantum mechanics when dealing with indistinguishable quanta. States in this new vector space, that we call the Q-space, refer only to occupation numbers and permutation operators act as the identity operator on them, reflecting in the formalism the unobservability of permutations, a goal of quasi-set theory.
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G. Domenech is a fellow of the Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET).
D. Krause is a fellow of the Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq).
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Domenech, G., Holik, F., Kniznik, L. et al. No Labeling Quantum Mechanics of Indiscernible Particles. Int J Theor Phys 49, 3085–3091 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10773-009-0220-x
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