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The Pauli exclusion principle states that two identical fermions, (so with half-integer spin) cannot occupy the same quantum state simultaneously, and thus share all of their quantum numbers. Also use for structure and classification schemes involving antisymmetry.

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Are fermions and bosons fundamentally different?

Looking at various particles regarding being fermions or bosons, it seems to me that fermions are something fundamentally different from bosons. What I mean by "fundamentally different" is "as differ …
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