Quantum Reprogramming - Ensembles and Single Systems: A Two-Tier Approach to Quantum Mechanics (Paperback, Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed. 1995)

Many, perhaps most textbooks of quantum mechanics present a Copenhagen, single system angle; fewer present the subject matter as an instrument for treating ensembles, but the two methods have been silently coexisting since the mid-Thirties. This lingering dichotomy of purpose for a major physical discipline has much shrouded further insights into the foundations of quantum theory. Quantum Reprogramming resolves this long-standing dichotomy by examining the mutual relation between single systems and ensembles, assigning each its own tools for treating the subject at hand: i.e., Schrodinger-Dirac methods for ensembles versus period integrals for single systems. A unified treatment of integer and fractional quantum Hall effects and a finite description of the electron's anomalies are mentioned as measures of justification for the chosen procedure of resolving an old-time dichotomy. The methods of presentation are, in part, elementary, with repetitive references needed to delineate differences with respect to standard methods. The parts on period integrals are developed with a perspective on elementary methods in physics, thus leading up to some standard results of de Rham theory and algebraic topology. Audience: Students of physics, mathematics, philosophers as well as outsiders with a general interest in the conceptual development of physics will find useful reading in these pages, which will stimulate further inquiry and study. "

General

Imprint:	Springer
Country of origin:	Netherlands
Series:	Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science, 181
Release date:	December 2010
First published:	1995
Authors:	E.J. Post
Dimensions:	235 x 155 x 18mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	322
Edition:	Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed. 1995
ISBN-13:	978-90-481-4575-1
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > General Books > Humanities > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Metaphysics & ontology Books > Science & Mathematics > Mathematics > Topology > Algebraic topology Books > Science & Mathematics > Physics > Quantum physics (quantum mechanics) > General Books > History > General Books > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Metaphysics & ontology
LSN:	90-481-4575-9
Barcode:	9789048145751

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