Foundations of Quantum Theory - From Classical Concepts to Operator Algebras (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2017)

This book studies the foundations of quantum theory through its relationship to classical physics. This idea goes back to the Copenhagen Interpretation (in the original version due to Bohr and Heisenberg), which the author relates to the mathematical formalism of operator algebras originally created by von Neumann. The book therefore includes comprehensive appendices on functional analysis and C*-algebras, as well as a briefer one on logic, category theory, and topos theory. Matters of foundational as well as mathematical interest that are covered in detail include symmetry (and its "spontaneous" breaking), the measurement problem, the Kochen-Specker, Free Will, and Bell Theorems, the Kadison-Singer conjecture, quantization, indistinguishable particles, the quantum theory of large systems, and quantum logic, the latter in connection with the topos approach to quantum theory. This book is Open Access under a CC BY licence.

General

Imprint:	Springer International Publishing AG
Country of origin:	Switzerland
Series:	Fundamental Theories of Physics, 188
Release date:	July 2018
First published:	2017
Authors:	Klaas Landsman
Dimensions:	235 x 155 x 45mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	861
Edition:	Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2017
ISBN-13:	978-3-319-84738-2
Categories:	Books > Science & Mathematics > Science: general issues > History of science Books > Science & Mathematics > Mathematics > Algebra > General Books > Science & Mathematics > Mathematics > Applied mathematics > General Books > Science & Mathematics > Physics > Quantum physics (quantum mechanics) > General
LSN:	3-319-84738-4
Barcode:	9783319847382

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