The non-relativistic limits of the Maxwell and Dirac equations: the role of Galilean and gauge invariance

DOI10.1016/S1355-2198(03)00005-4MaRDI QIDQ720559zbMATH OpenFDO

Authors Peter Holland, Harvey R. Brown

Publication date 17 October 2011

Published in Studies in History and Philosophy of Science. Part B. Studies in History and Philosophy of Modern Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

zbMATH Keywords

gauge invarianceMaxwell equationsDirac equationsgalilean invariancenon-relativistic limits of relativistic theories

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Electromagnetic theory (general) (78A25) Special relativity (83A05) Covariant wave equations in quantum theory, relativistic quantum mechanics (81R20)

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