Dirac matrices and the Dirac matrix description of Lorentz transformations

DOI10.1007/BF01773348zbMATH Open1222.81290MaRDI QIDQ719633FDOQ719633

Authors A. J. Macfarlane

Publication date 10 October 2011

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

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Electromagnetic interaction; quantum electrodynamics (81V10)

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