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On the general correspondence between field theories and the theories of direct interparticle action†

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 October 2008

J. V. Narlikar
J. V. Narlikar
Affiliation:
Institute of Theoretical Astronomy, University of Cambridge
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Abstract

It is well known that classical electrodynamics can be described both as a field theory and as a theory of direct interparticle action. In the present paper it is shown that, provided certain general conditions are satisfied, fields of arbitrary spin have their counterparts in ‘direct particle fields’. This correspondence between the two formalisms is established in the Riemannian space-time used for general relativity.

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Mathematical Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society , Volume 64 , Issue 4 , October 1968 , pp. 1071 - 1079
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Copyright © Cambridge Philosophical Society 1968

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