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Apartheid in the Dirac theory of constraints

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, , Citation M J Gotay and J M Nester 1984 J. Phys. A: Math. Gen. 17 3063 DOI 10.1088/0305-4470/17/15/023

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The authors investigate the extent to which first- and second-class constraints decouple in the Dirac constraint algorithm for degenerate dynamical systems. They find the two classes to be inextricably intertwined. Some consequences of this failure of 'apartheid' are discussed.

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