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Essentially Pure Particle Formulation of Quantum Mechanics

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The Present Status of the Quantum Theory of Light

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An extension of the classical action principle is used to describe the motion of a particle. This extension assigns many, but not all, paths to a particle. Properties of the particle paths are shown to impart wave like behaviour to a particle in motion and to imply various other assumptions and conjectures attributed to the formalism of Quantum Mechanics. The Klein-Gordon and other similar equations are derived by incorporating these properties in the path-integral formalism.

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  1. Centre for Research in Earth and Space Science, York University, 4700 Keele Street, North York, Ontario, Canada, M3J 1P3

    S. R. Vatsya

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  1. Department of Physics and Astronomy, York University, North York, Toronto, Canada

    Stanley Jeffers

  2. Physics and Applied Mathematics Unit, Indian Statistical Institute, Calcutta, India

    Sisir Roy

  3. Department of Physics, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris, France

    Jean-Pierre Vigier

  4. Department of Chemistry, York University, North York, Toronto, Canada

    Geoffrey Hunter

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Vatsya, S.R. (1997). Essentially Pure Particle Formulation of Quantum Mechanics. In: Jeffers, S., Roy, S., Vigier, JP., Hunter, G. (eds) The Present Status of the Quantum Theory of Light. Fundamental Theories of Physics, vol 80. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-5682-0_23

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