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On a relativistic particle in probabilistic physics

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Some problems relating to the probabilistic description of a free particle and of a charged particle moving in an electromagnetic field are discussed. A critical analysis of the Klein-Gordon equation and of the Dirac equation is given. It is also shown that there is no connection between commutativity of operators for physical quantities and the existence of their joint probability. It is demonstrated that the Heisenberg uncertainty relation is not universal and explained why this is so. A universal uncertainty relation for canonically conjugate coordinates and momenta is suggested.

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Mayants, L.S. On a relativistic particle in probabilistic physics. Found Phys 4, 335–353 (1974). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00708540

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