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Referee's report by Paul Adrien Maurice Dirac, on a paper 'On the classical theory of particles' by C Jayaratnam Eliezer

Reference number: RR/71/102

Date: 1948

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Sectional Committee: Mathematics

Recommended for publication in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London'. Criticises the discussion of dimensions of derivatives. Suggests the author determine whether the relativistic equation can be deduced from one of the other equations, but if this cannot be answered, the paper should be published as it stands.

[Published in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London']

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RR/71/102
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1948
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Paul Adrien Maurice Dirac

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Paul Adrien Maurice Dirac, Referee's report by Paul Adrien Maurice Dirac, on a paper 'On the classical theory of particles' by C Jayaratnam Eliezer, 1948, RR/71/102, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_71_102/referees-report-by-paul-adrien-maurice-dirac-on-a-paper-on-the-classical-theory-of-particles-by-c-jayaratnam-eliezer, accessed on 19 September 2024

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