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Path-Integral Derivation of the Dirac Propagator

A. O. Barut, I. H. Duru

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The Dirac propagator ${(\ensuremath{\gamma}p\ensuremath{-}m)}^{\ensuremath{-}1}$ has been calculated as a path integral over a recently proposed classical action. Thus a new formulation is given to the longstanding problem of extending the path integration to discrete quantum spin as an integral over a continuous variable.

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The Dirac propagator ${(\ensuremath{\gamma}p\ensuremath{-}m)}^{\ensuremath{-}1}$ has been calculated as a path integral over a recently proposed classical action. Thus a new formulation is given to the longstanding problem of extending the path integration to discrete quantum spin as an integral over a continuous variable.

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The Dirac propagator ${(\ensuremath{\gamma}p\ensuremath{-}m)}^{\ensuremath{-}1}$ has been calculated as a path integral over a recently proposed classical action. Thus a new formulation is given to the longstanding problem of extending the path integration to discrete quantum spin as an integral over a continuous variable.

Key concepts: Propagator, Path integral formulation, Dirac (video compression format), Functional integration, Physics, Dirac equation, Spin (aerodynamics), Mathematical physics

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