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Page 1: P. A. M. Dirac The Quantum Theory of the ElectronP. A. M. Dirac The Quantum Theory of the Electron Proc. Roy. Soc. A117, 610 (1928) Proc. Roy. Soc. A126, 360 (1930) when correspondence

P. A. M. Dirac

The Quantum Theory of the Electron

Proc. Roy. Soc. A117, 610 (1928)Proc. Roy. Soc. A126, 360 (1930)

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The Klein-Gordon equation

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What is the difficulty??

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The case of no field

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The algebraic structure of Dirac‘s matrices:

Dirac‘s equation for an arbitrary field

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Let us repeat Dirac‘s argument slightly modernized

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Mass-velocity & Darwin terms,

Spin-orbit interaction

Dirac‘s connex to theSchrödinger & Pauli equationsorthe origin of the

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After separation of variables Dirac arrivesat the following „radial“ equation:

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The elimination method slightly modernized:

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