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Is conservation of statistics logically independent of spin?
If the number of fermions is $n$, we expect the quantity $(-1)^n$ to be conserved, i.e., $n$ never changes between even and odd. This is known as conservation of statistics. In the normal context of ...
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Occam's razor on spin statistics theorem?
Highly related to A reading list to build up to the spin statistics theorem
I see 2 parts to the spin statistics theorem:
(spin $n$ or $n+\frac{1}{2}$)
step 1 given that a spin is integral or ...
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A reading list to build up to the spin statistics theorem
Wikipedia's article on the spin-statistics theorem sums it up thusly:
In quantum mechanics, the spin-statistics theorem relates the spin of a particle to the particle statistics it obeys. The spin ...
