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Physical Consequences of the Jacobi Identity

Eric C. D'Avignon

Published 2015-10-21Version 1

Assuming special relativity and Hamiltonian particle dynamics for a noncanonical Poisson bracket, the Jacobi identity is shown to have nontrivial physical consequences, including the homogeneous Maxwell equations and the geodesic law of motion of curved spacetime.

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