Dirac on gauges and constraints

International Journal of Theoretical Physics

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1503-1514

  Castellani, Elena ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Constrained systems; Dirac; Gauge symmetries; Transformation theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 24144502848     PISSN: 00207748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:IJTP.0000048634.28339.24     Document Type: Review

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