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A proper relativistic theory has to be Lorentz covariant, i.e. its form has to be invariant under a transition from one inertial system to another one. To establish this we will first restate the essentials of Lorentz transformations and also refer to Chap. 14 for supporting group theoretical arguments.
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See J.D. Jackson: Classical Electrodynamics, 2nd ed. (Wiley, New York 1975).
This argument stems from R.H. Good: Rev. Mod. Phys. 27, 187 (1955).
See W. Greiner: Quantum Mechanics - An Introduction, 3rd ed. (Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg 1994).
See W. Greiner, B. Müller: Quantum Mechanics - Symmetries, 2nd ed. (Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg 1994).
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Greiner, W. (1997). Lorentz Covariance of the Dirac Equation. In: Relativistic Quantum Mechanics. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-03425-5_3
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