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Paul Dirac on linking Poisson brackets and commutators resurfaces
Original: Paul Dirac recounting how he found the link between the Poisson bracket and the commutator: https:// youtu.be/2GwctBldBv
A clip is circulating of physicist Paul Dirac recounting how he discovered the connection between the classical Poisson bracket and the quantum commutator, a key step in formulating quantum mechanics. The footage is being shared alongside a recent arXiv paper on the topic, drawing fresh attention from mathematicians and physicists to this foundational moment in the history of quantum theory.
Why now: A newly shared archive clip of Dirac, tied to a recent arXiv paper, is drawing fresh interest among physicists and mathematicians.
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- Paul Dirac recounting how he found the link between the Poisson bracket and the commutator: https:// youtu.be/2GwctBldBvU?t=1014 Found by way of https:// arxiv.org/abs/2312.05329 # math # physics · rwxrwxrwx@mathstodon.xyz · 8
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