On the quantum mechanical derivation of the Wallis formula for π

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On the quantum mechanical derivation of the Wallis formula for π. / Chashchina, O. I.; Silagadze, Z. K.

In: Physics Letters, Section A: General, Atomic and Solid State Physics, Vol. 381, No. 32, 28.08.2017, p. 2593-2597.

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Chashchina, OI & Silagadze, ZK 2017, 'On the quantum mechanical derivation of the Wallis formula for π', Physics Letters, Section A: General, Atomic and Solid State Physics, vol. 381, no. 32, pp. 2593-2597. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physleta.2017.06.016

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Chashchina, O. I., & Silagadze, Z. K. (2017). On the quantum mechanical derivation of the Wallis formula for π. Physics Letters, Section A: General, Atomic and Solid State Physics, 381(32), 2593-2597. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physleta.2017.06.016

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Chashchina OI, Silagadze ZK. On the quantum mechanical derivation of the Wallis formula for π. Physics Letters, Section A: General, Atomic and Solid State Physics. 2017 Aug 28;381(32):2593-2597. doi: 10.1016/j.physleta.2017.06.016

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Chashchina, O. I. ; Silagadze, Z. K. / On the quantum mechanical derivation of the Wallis formula for π. In: Physics Letters, Section A: General, Atomic and Solid State Physics. 2017 ; Vol. 381, No. 32. pp. 2593-2597.

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