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Showing Dirac Hamiltonian is hermitian

I'm trying to show that $H_D = -i\boldsymbol{\alpha}.\nabla+\beta m$ is hermitian. Its given that $$ \gamma^{0\dagger}=\gamma^0 $$ $$ \boldsymbol\gamma^\dagger=-\boldsymbol\gamma $$ What i've done ...
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Derivation of Dirac equation using the Lagrangian density for Dirac field

How can I find Dirac equation using the Lagrangian density for Dirac field?
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Is it necessary to use all solutions when calculating an expectation value in a spin state?

I'm given an spinor $\Psi$ which is solution of the Free Dirac equation, such that is an eigenfunction of $\hat{\vec{p}}$ and has positive energy. Then I'm asked to calculate the expectation value of ...