Pauli exclusion principle and fermions, bosons and quarks

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The Pauli exclusion principle states that fermions, such as quarks, adhere to anti-symmetric wave functions, while bosons do not follow this principle and possess symmetric wave functions. In the discussion, participants concluded that the correct answer to the homework question is a) Bosons, as they are the particles that do not follow the Pauli exclusion principle. The incorrect options include b) Fermions and c) Quarks, which both conform to the principle.

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Homework Statement



Which of these particles don't follow Pauli exclusion principle and thus have a symmetric wave function?

a) Bosons
b) Fermions
c) Quarks
d) All particles follow Pauli exclusion principle

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The Attempt at a Solution



I think that fermions follow Pauli exclusion principle and have anti-symmetric wave functions, and quarks are fermions, so b) and c) must be wrong.

I think that bosons don't follow Pauli exclusion principle and have symmetric wave functions and d) is obviously wrong, so the correct answer must be a).
 
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