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# Identity, Geometry, Permutation And The Spin-Statistics Theorem

@article{York1999IdentityGP,
title={Identity, Geometry, Permutation And The Spin-Statistics Theorem},
author={Michael J. York},
journal={arXiv: Quantum Physics},
year={1999}
}
• M. York
• Published 25 August 1999
• Mathematics
• arXiv: Quantum Physics
We examine historic formulations of the spin-statistics theorem from a point of view that distinguishes between the observable consequences and the symmetrization postulate''. In particular, we make a critical analysis of concepts of particle identity, state distinguishability and permutation, and particle labels''. We discuss how to construct unique state vectors and the nature of the full state descriptions required for this -- in particular the elimination of arbitrary $2\pi$ rotations…
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