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An isomorphism between fully quantized fermion and boson fluids and classical polymer mixtures is used as a point of departure to initiate an analytic treatment of quantum fluids.
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Høye, J.S., Stell, G. Path integral formulation for quantized fermion and boson fluids. J Stat Phys 77, 361–381 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02186847
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