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Spinor formulation of the general 16-dimensional Gel'fand-Yaglom wave equation

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Lettere al Nuovo Cimento (1971-1985)

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The general 16-dimensional Gel'fand-Yaglom wave equation is reformulated in spinor form and it is shown that the class of wave equations which accept subsidiary conditions of the second kind and discribe spin-3/2 particles has only one member which is not causal.

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  1. C. G. Koutroulos

    Present address: Department of Theoretical Physics, University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece

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    C. G. Koutroulos

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Koutroulos, C.G. Spinor formulation of the general 16-dimensional Gel'fand-Yaglom wave equation. Lett. Nuovo Cimento 38, 217–220 (1983). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02815983

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