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A Note on the Self-Consistency of the Dirac Equation

Rajat Roy

Published Jan 1, 2020• 0 citations
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The Dirac equation of relativistic quantum mechanics is critically examined to see that it gives self-consistent results.Our findings are in the negative.
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10.4236/oalib.1106428

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