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arXiv:hep-th/9907081

Towards a unified description of the four interactions in terms of Dirac-Bergmann observables

Luca Lusanna

Published Jul 12, 1999• 18 citations
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Abstract

A review is given of the status and developments of the research program aiming to reformulate the physics of the four interactions at the classical level in a unified way in terms of Dirac-Bergmann observables with special emphasis on the open mathematical, physical and interpretational problems.
DOI
10.48550/arxiv.hep-th/9907081

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