Advances in Mathematical Physics
Volume 2009 (2009), Article ID 987524, 21 pages
doi:10.1155/2009/987524
Research Article
The Meaning of Time and Covariant Superderivatives in Supermechanics
Departamento de Matemáticas, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosí, 78290, Mexico
Received 23 January 2009; Accepted 21 April 2009
Academic Editor: José F. Cariñena
Copyright © 2009 Gil Salgado and José A. Vallejo-Rodríguez. This is an open access article distributed under the
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