
%0 Journal Article
%A Jeffery, EA 
%T Component Minimization of the Bargmann?Wigner Wavefunction
%J Australian Journal of Physics
%D 1978/04/01
%V 31
%N 2
%P 137-150
%K 
%R https://doi.org/10.1071/PH780137
%U https://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/PH780137 
%X The Bargmann-Wigner equations are used to derive relativistic field equations with only 2(2j+ 1) components of the original wavefunction. The other components of the Bargmann-Wigner wavefunction are superfluous and can be defined in terms of the 2(2j+ 1) components. The results are compared with various 2(2j+ 1) theories in the literature. Sylvester's theorem and some properties of induced matrices give simple relationships between the operator matrices of the field equations and the arbitrary spin operator matrices. 
