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Non-Abelian and Abelian exchange statistics. (a) Non-Abelian exchange statistics of MZMs, the final state differs if the order of two pair-wise exchange operations is interchanged. (b) Abelian exchange statistics of ordinary particles such as electrons and photons, swapping the order of the exchange operations will not affect the final state. U23U12 means exchange particles 1 and 2 first, and then exchange particles 2 and 3.

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