I Dirac's 1972 Boston talk on Projective geometry in quantum mechanics

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The discussion centers on locating diagrams and handwritten notes related to Paul Dirac's 1972 talk on projective geometry in quantum mechanics. Participants are seeking the original talk and specific diagrams mentioned in the transcript. A link to a PDF of the talk's transcript is provided, along with attempts to find handwritten notes that include diagrams. Some users report difficulties accessing certain URLs and suggest alternative links for the diagrams and notes. Overall, the conversation highlights the challenge of finding specific historical documents related to Dirac's work.
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Missing diagrams in this talk.
Where can I find the diagrams mentioned in the transcript of this talk?
Thanks.
 
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What about the talk itself? Where can one find it?
 
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I am reading the transcript of the talk in the pdf mentioned above.
A few days ago I found online a copy of handwritten notes (by the great Dirac himself or perhaps by Hart) where there were some diagrams mentioned in the transcript. But unfortunately I did not save these handwritten notes!
I tried to search again for these handwritten notes but I did not succeed to locate them.
Any help in this direction is well appreciated.
Thanks.
 
TSny said:
I think these are the notes. They look sketchy, but there are a few diagrams.
I was forbidden to enter the given url.
Thanks anyway.
 
grzz said:
TSny said:
I think these are the notes. They look sketchy, but there are a few diagrams.
I was forbidden to enter the given url.
Thanks anyway.

The use of the colon in the originally-given url is odd:
https://repository.lib.fsu.edu/islandora/object/fsu:195

Try: repository.lib.fsu.edu/islandora/object/fsu%3A195
The page offers this "Permalink" http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/2051959

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A very big thank you to robphy.
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