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Hadronic J.; (United States)

Quantization, non-locality and lie-admissible formulations

Philip Broadbridge

Published Aug 1, 1982• 1 citation
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Abstract

If higher order wave equations are reduced to first order by supplementary conditions, then quadratic Hamiltonians of the most general type will emerge. Even then, for several reasons elaborated below, canonical quantization can still not be applied consistently. The benefit of clinging to a Lagrangian description of non-localized phenomena is then questionable. Non canonical quantization procedures should be considered. Some initial attempts at Lie-admissible quantization are examined critically here, and it is concluded that further recourse to experiment seems to be necessary.

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