X.—On the Invariance of Quantized Field Equations
- 1 January 1940
- journal article
- conference paper
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh
- Vol. 59, 109-121
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s0370164600012190
Abstract
Heisenberg and Pauli (1929) developed a general scheme for the quantization of a field, if the field equations can be derived from a variation principle,Here za denotes the field variables, L is the Lagrangian, andThe scheme of Heisenberg and Pauli is known to be Lorentz invariant. It is the purpose of this paper to show that it is also invariant with regard to all co-ordinate transformations allowed by the general theory of relativity. The method adopted to prove this is that used by Infeld (1937) and Pryce (1937) to prove the invariance of the “New Field Equations” against Lorentz transformations.Keywords
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