Abstract
The Dirac equation, as a 4×4-hyperbolic system on ℝ3, possesses an invariant algebra of global pseudodifferential operators-in the sense that conjugation with the Dirac time propagator leaves the algebra invariatn (cf. [CX]. Chapter 10). In this paper we examine the relation between the two invariant algebras att=0 and att'=0 when (t,x) and (t',x') are coordinates of Minkowsky space related by a (proper) Lorentz transform. For vanishing electromagnetic potentials these algebras are transforms of each other by the implied change of dependent and independent variables. In the general case such a space-time transform will make the potentials time dependent, hence also the algebra dependent on the initial plane.
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