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Discrete Physics and the Dirac Equation

High Energy Physics - Theory 2009-10-30 v1 Quantum Physics

Abstract

We rewrite the 1+1 Dirac equation in light cone coordinates in two significant forms, and solve them exactly using the classical calculus of finite differences. The complex form yields ``Feynman's Checkerboard''---a weighted sum over lattice paths. The rational, real form can also be interpreted in terms of bit-strings.

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@article{arxiv.hep-th/9603202,
  title  = {Discrete Physics and the Dirac Equation},
  author = {L. H. Kauffman and H. P. Noyes},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/9603202},
  year   = {2009}
}

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