No Lagrangian? No quantization!

DOI10.1063/1.529507zbMath0850.70193MaRDI QIDQ3977829

L. C. Shepley, Sergio A. Hojman

Publication date: 25 June 1992

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1063/1.529507

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

81S99: General quantum mechanics and problems of quantization

70H03: Lagrange's equations

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