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The Dirac Electron Theory

E. L. Hill and R. Landshoff*

E. L. Hill and R. Landshoff*

  • University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota

  • *The authors wish to express their appreciation of a grant from the Graduate School of the University of Minnesota under which a portion of this work was completed.
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Rev. Mod. Phys. 10, 87 – Published 1 April, 1938

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/RevModPhys.10.87

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