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Journal of Physics A Mathematical and General

The maximal kinematical group of the general Schrodinger equation

Bowei Xu

Published May 1, 1981• 1 citation
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Abstract

The largest group of space-time transformations which leaves covariant the free Schrodinger equation is a 12-parameter Schrodinger group S containing the Galilean transformations. The author discusses the covariance of the general Schrodinger equation under group S.
DOI
10.1088/0305-4470/14/5/004

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