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REAL DIRAC THEORY

@inproceedings{Oziewicz1996REALDT,
  title={REAL DIRAC THEORY},
  author={Zbigniew Oziewicz},
  year={1996}
}
The Dirac theory is completely reformulated in terms of Spacetime Algebra, a real Clifford Algebra characterizing the geometrical properties of spacetime. This eliminates redundancy in the conventional matrix formulation and reveals a hidden geometric structure in the theory. Among other things, it reveals that complex numbers in the Dirac equation have a kinematical interpretation, with the unit imaginary identified as the generator of rotations in a spacelike plane representing the direction… 
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