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P. A. M. Dirac
The Quantum Theory of the Electron
Proc. Roy. Soc. A117, 610 (1928)Proc. Roy. Soc. A126, 360 (1930)
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The Klein-Gordon equation
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What is the difficulty??
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The case of no field
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The algebraic structure of Dirac‘s matrices:
Dirac‘s equation for an arbitrary field
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Let us repeat Dirac‘s argument slightly modernized
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Mass-velocity & Darwin terms,
Spin-orbit interaction
Dirac‘s connex to theSchrödinger & Pauli equationsorthe origin of the
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After separation of variables Dirac arrivesat the following „radial“ equation:
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The elimination method slightly modernized:
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