Demonstration of the spin-statistics connection in elementary quantum mechanics
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The spin-statistics connection is proved using the methods of elementary quantum mechanics. The effect of exchange and space inversion operators on two-particle states is reviewed. The connection follows directly from successive application of these operations to the wave function for two identical particles in an s-state, evaluated at positions ±x, but at equal time.
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