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Quantization as a Necessary Condition for Gauge Invariance

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2007-05-23 v2

Abstract

Symmetry and quantization are the two major enterprises of theoretical physics; but some argue that quantization can be derived as a necessary condition for symmetry. It is argued here that the Heisenberg uncertainty principle is a necessary condition for gauge invariance in the 5-dimensional Kaluza-Klein theory.

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@article{arxiv.hep-ph/0508191,
  title  = {Quantization as a Necessary Condition for Gauge Invariance},
  author = {J. Towe},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-ph/0508191},
  year   = {2007}
}

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