Spiciness theory revisited, with new views on neutral density, orthogonality, and passiveness

Tailleux, Rémi

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/os-17-203-2021

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28 Jan 2021

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Spiciness theory revisited, with new views on neutral density, orthogonality, and passiveness

Rémi Tailleux

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