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Functions are discussed that form the bases of unitary irreducible representations of theO(3, 1) Lorentz group; some properties of these functions are derived for the case of spin 1/2.
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Translated from Izvestiya Vysshikh Uchebnykh Zavedenii, Fizika, No. 2, pp. 29–35, February, 1977.
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Levitskii, B.A., Mostepanenko, V.M. & Frolov, V.M. Properties of basis functions in O(3, 1) invariant expansions. Soviet Physics Journal 20, 162–166 (1977). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01297376
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01297376