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\section*{Papers}

\subsection*{International Journals}

\item[1] ``A variational principle for Brueckner theory'', J. DA PROVIDÊNCIA, Nucl. Phys. {\bf 36}, 169 (1962).

\item[2] ``Intrinsic symmetries of nuclear rotational states'', J. DA PROVIDÊNCIA, Nucl. Phys. {\bf 38}, 597 (1962).

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