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The "Sommerfeld Puzzle" and Its Extensions
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15 January 2024
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Abstract
The exact agreement between the Sommerfeld (1916) and Dirac (1928) results for the energy levels of the relativistic hydrogen atom (the so-called "Sommerfeld puzzle") is analyzed and extended. Werner Heisenberg called this coincidence a `miracle' but Erwin Schroedinger described it as a fortuitous computational accident.