Contact transformations in Wheeler-Feynman electrodynamics
Annales de l'I.H.P. Physique théorique, Tome 66 (1997) no. 3, pp. 293-322. 
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Yaremko, Yurij. Contact transformations in Wheeler-Feynman electrodynamics. Annales de l'I.H.P. Physique théorique, Tome 66 (1997) no. 3, pp. 293-322. http://archive.numdam.org/item/AIHPA_1997__66_3_293_0/

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