The method of Ostrogradsky, quantization, and a move toward a ghost-free future

DOI10.1063/1.3257179MaRDI QIDQ3583706zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors M. C. Nucci, P. G. L. Leach

Publication date 17 August 2010

Published in Journal of Mathematical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3257179

zbMATH Keywords

quantizationLagrangian field theoryelementary particle symmetry

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Model quantum field theories (81T10)

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