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We discuss two problems which relate to the foundations of the subject, and a third about asymptotic properties of spectral distributions. We give also a brief list of topics which should be further explored.
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French, J.B. (1980). Special Topics in Spectral Distributions. In: Dalton, B.J., Grimes, S.M., Vary, J.P., Williams, S.A. (eds) Theory and Applications of Moment Methods in Many-Fermion Systems. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-3120-9_6
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