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We present a general proof that Dirac particles cannot be localized below their Compton length by symmetric but otherwise arbitrary scalar potentials. This proof does not invoke the Heisenberg uncertainty relation and thus does not rely on…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2010-07-20 R. G. Unanyan , J. Otterbach , M. Fleischhauer

We propose the following conjecture extending Dirac's theorem: if $G$ is a graph with $n\ge 3$ vertices and minimum degree $\delta(G)\ge n/2$, then in every orientation of $G$ there is a Hamilton cycle with at least $\delta(G)$ edges…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2023-03-13 Lior Gishboliner , Michael Krivelevich , Peleg Michaeli

An extension of the Dirac procedure for the quantization of constrained systems is necessary to address certain issues that are left open in Dirac's original proposal. These issues play an important role especially in the context of…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-10-22 A. Ashtekar , Ranjeet S. Tate

A special case of a combinatorial theorem of De Bruijn and Erdos asserts that every noncollinear set of n points in the plane determines at least n distinct lines. Chen and Chvatal suggested a possible generalization of this assertion in…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2014-10-09 Vasek Chvatal

The extended commutation relations for a generalized uncertainty principle have been based on the assumption of the minimal length in position. Instead of this assumption, we start with a constrained Hamiltonian system described by the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2014-01-06 Myungseok Eune , Wontae Kim

We discuss the most general form of Dirac equation in the non$-$Riemannian spacetimes containing curvature, torsion and non$-$metricity. It includes all bases of the Clifford algebra $cl(1,3)$ within the spinor connection. We adopt two…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2026-02-18 Muzaffer Adak , Ali Bagci , Caglar Pala , Ozcan Sert

Dirac's approach to gauge symmetries is discussed. We follow closely the steps that led him from his conjecture concerning the generators of gauge transformations {\it at a given time} --to be contrasted with the common view of gauge…

History and Philosophy of Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Josep M. Pons

The probabilities of point events in space 3 + 1 obey an equation of Dirac type. Masses, moments, energies, spins, etc. are the parameters of the probability distribution of such events. The terms and equations of quark-gluon theories turn…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2017-10-02 G. Quznetsov

We address the Uniform Boundedness Conjecture of Morton and Silverman in the case of unicritical polynomials, assuming a generalization of the $abc$-conjecture. For unicritical polynomials of degree at least five, we require only the…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2019-01-15 Nicole Looper

We investigate reductions of the two-dimensional Dirac equation imposed by the requirement of the existence of a differential operator $D_n$ of order $n$ mapping its eigenfunctions to adjoint eigenfunctions. For first order operators these…

Exactly Solvable and Integrable Systems · Physics 2007-05-23 L. V. Bogdanov , E. V. Ferapontov

In this note we discuss dual pairs in Dirac geometry. We show that this notion appears naturally when studying the problem of pushing forward a Dirac structure along a surjective submersion, and we prove a Dirac-theoretic version of…

Symplectic Geometry · Mathematics 2017-10-17 Pedro Frejlich , Ioan Marcut

This article studies the breaking of the Lorentz symmetry at the Planck length in quantum mechanics. We use three-dimensional p-adic vectors as position variables, while the time remains a real number. In this setting, the Planck length is…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-07-08 W. A. Zúñiga-Galindo

The Coleman-Mandula theorem, which states that space-time and internal symmetries cannot be combined in any but a trivial way, is generalized to an arbitrarily higher spacelike dimension. Prospects for further generalizations of the theorem…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-10-30 Oskar Pelc , L. P. Horwitz

Hadwiger's transversal theorem gives necessary and sufficient conditions for the existence of a line transversal to a family of pairwise disjoint convex sets in the plane. These conditions were subsequently generalized to hyperplane…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2024-09-06 Andreas F. Holmsen

We present a generalization of Dirac constraint theory based on the theory of Poisson-Dirac submanifolds. The theory is formulated in a coordinate-free manner while simultaneously relaxing the invertibility condition as seen in standard…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2025-07-01 F. W. Pinto , J. W. Burby

In 2014, Payne-Wood proved that every non-collinear set $P$ of $n$ points in the Euclidean plane contains a point in at least $\dfrac{n}{37}$ lines determined by $P.$ This is a remarkable answer for the conjecture, which was proposed by…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2016-07-29 Hoang-Ha Pham , Tien-Cuong Phi

The computation of the dimension of linear systems of plane curves through a bunch of given multiple points is one of the most classic issues in Algebraic Geometry. In general, it is still an open problem to understand when the points fail…

Algebraic Geometry · Mathematics 2020-04-07 Łucja Farnik , Francesco Galuppi , Luca Sodomaco , William Trok

We introduce an infinite set of integer mappings that generalize the well-known Collatz-Ulam mapping and we conjecture that an infinite subset of these mappings feature the remarkable property of the Collatz conjecture, namely that they…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2008-10-30 M. Bruschi

The idea of generating prime numbers through sequence of sets of co-primes was the starting point of this paper that ends up by proving two conjectures, the existence of infinitely many twin primes and the Goldbach conjecture. The main idea…

General Mathematics · Mathematics 2016-09-19 Samir Brahim Belhaouari

The Collatz and $abc$ conjectures, both well known and thoroughly studied, appear to be largely unrelated at first sight. We show that assuming the $abc$ conjecture true is helpful to improve the lower bound of integers initiating a…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2025-10-22 Olivier Rozier