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The main subject that concerns us here is called the algebra of observables, and the arrival of the unusual person who was Paul Adrien Maurice Dirac on the scene of quantum mechanics during the summer of 1925.
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See J.-L. Basdevant and J. Dalibard, Quantum Mechanics, Chapter 5, Section 6.
See, for instance, J.-L. Basdevant, Variational Principles in Physics, Chapter 4. New York: Springer (2006).
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(2007). Algebra of observables. In: Lectures on Quantum Mechanics. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-37744-5_8
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