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The stationary states of nonlinear Schr{\"o}dinger equation on a ring with a defect is numerically analyzed. Unconventional connection conditions are imposed on the point defect, and it is shown that the system displays energy level…
Some fundamental aspects related with the construction of Robertson-Schr\"odinger like uncertainty principle inequalities are reported in order to provide an overall description of quantumness, separability and nonlocality of quantum…
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