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Relativistic physics from quantum theory

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  • Papers Presented at the Second New Orleans Conference of Quantum Theory and Gravitation, Loyola University, New Orleans, May, 1983
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An investigation of the invariance of quantum theory under the complex group reveals a natural origin of relativistic physics from quantum theory. Once such an origin of relativity is accepted, quantum limitations on the applicability of standard relativistic theory also become evident.

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  1. Department of Physics, Loyola University, 70118, New Orleans, Louisiana

    A. R. Marlow

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Marlow, A.R. Relativistic physics from quantum theory. Int J Theor Phys 23, 863–886 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02214071

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