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Correction to Article “Free Electron Paths from Dirac’s Wave Equation Elucidating Zitterbewegung and Spin” in Foundations of Physics (2026) 56:10 修正《物理学基础》（2026）56:10文章“从狄拉克波方程中解释自旋和自旋的自由电子路径”

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Foundations of Physics Pub Date : 2026-02-26 DOI: 10.1007/s10701-026-00921-1

James L. Beck

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Mass-Dependent Minimal Length and Deformed Quantum Mechanics from Heterotic String Theory 质量依赖的最小长度和来自异质弦理论的变形量子力学

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Foundations of Physics Pub Date : 2026-02-21 DOI: 10.1007/s10701-026-00917-x

Arshid Shabir, Mir Faizal

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Addendum: A Note on the Electron’s Magnetic Moment 附录：关于电子磁矩的注解

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Foundations of Physics Pub Date : 2026-02-21 DOI: 10.1007/s10701-026-00912-2

Marco Sanchioni

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The Born Rule as a Natural Transformation of Functors 玻恩定则作为函子的自然变换

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Foundations of Physics Pub Date : 2026-02-20 DOI: 10.1007/s10701-026-00918-w

Boyu Yang, James Fullwood

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An Extendible Spacetime Without Closed Timelike Curves Whose Every Extension Contains Closed Timelike Curves 一个没有封闭类时曲线的可扩展时空，其每一个扩展都包含封闭类时曲线

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Foundations of Physics Pub Date : 2026-02-18 DOI: 10.1007/s10701-026-00914-0

H. Andréka, J. Madarász, J. Manchak, I. Németi, G. Székely

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Relational Information Towards a New Kind of Information in Quantum Mechanics 走向量子力学中一种新的信息——关系信息

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Foundations of Physics Pub Date : 2026-02-07 DOI: 10.1007/s10701-026-00916-y

Niccolo Covoni, Marco Sanchioni

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Avoiding Sparseness in a Flash Ontology 避免Flash本体中的稀疏性

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Foundations of Physics Pub Date : 2026-02-03 DOI: 10.1007/s10701-025-00908-4

Joe Coles

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On the Role of an Intrinsic Action Uncertainty in Classical Dynamics 论经典动力学中内在作用不确定性的作用

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Foundations of Physics Pub Date : 2026-02-03 DOI: 10.1007/s10701-026-00911-3

Krishna Ramprasad

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Algorithmic Idealism: What Should You Believe to Experience Next? 算法理想主义：接下来你应该相信什么？

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Foundations of Physics Pub Date : 2026-02-03 DOI: 10.1007/s10701-026-00913-1

Markus P Müller

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Free Electron Paths from Dirac’s Wave Equation Elucidating Zitterbewegung and Spin 狄拉克波动方程中解释自旋和自旋的自由电子路径

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Foundations of Physics Pub Date : 2026-01-07 DOI: 10.1007/s10701-025-00905-7

James L. Beck

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