> On Nov 16, 2015, at 5:28, Stephen Cooke <stephen_coo...@hotmail.com> wrote: > > With spin at least I suppose the current numbering system has the advantage > of easily distinguishing fermions and Bosons.
If we reindexed spin to be only integer multiples, fermions would have odd spin and bosons even spin. This idea assumes that the current indexing is partly arbitrary. Bob Cook suggests that it might be intrinsic. Either way, it is an interesting question. Eric
