Problems of the theory of nuclear interactions in the relativistic approach

A review is given of the main aspects of the relativistic approach in the theory of nuclear interactions and some of its applications. The approach is based on a scale-invariant relativization of the nuclear wave functions, and this leads to a number of predictions for observable quantities that are confirmed by analysis of the experimental data on the interaction of high-energy nuclei. The kinematics of deep inelastic lepton--hadron coincidence processes is considered, and the scaling properties of the structure functions (form factors) of such processes are predicted