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Phys. Rev. D 22, 919–923 (1980)

Does the equation of motion determine commutation relations?

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Susumu Okubo
Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York 14627

Received 1 May 1980; published in the issue dated 15 August 1980

Some examples in both quantum mechanics and quantum field theory are used to demonstrate the fact that a given equation of motion can have more than one inequivalent Lagrangian and hence can admit two different quantization procedures.

© 1980 The American Physical Society

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