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The physical motivations for the dynamical group are presented and it is shown how Barut's mathematical speculations were combined with the idea of an elementary length to provide group theoretical models of relativistic extended objects. Then the simplest nonrelativistic and relativistic models are described.
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Dedicated to A. O. Barut on the occasion of his 65th birthday.
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Bohm, A. Relativistic and nonrelativistic dynamical groups. Found Phys 23, 751–767 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01883808
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