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Relativity, Symmetry and the Structure of the Quantum Theory (Paperback)
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Relativity, Symmetry and the Structure of the Quantum Theory (Paperback)
Series: IOP Concise Physics
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Quantum theory is one of the most successful of all physical
theories. Our everyday world is dominated by devices that function
because of knowledge of the quantum world. Yet many, physicists and
non-physicists alike, find the theory which explains the behavior
of the quantum world baffling and strange. This book is the first
in a series of three that argues that relativity and symmetry
determine the structure of quantum theory. That is to say, the
structure of quantum theory is what it is because of relativity and
symmetry. There are different types of relativity, each leading to
a particular type of quantum theory. This book deals specifically
with what we call Newton relativity, the form of relativity built
into Newtonian mechanics, and the quantum theory to which it gives
rise, which we call Galilean (often misleadingly called
non-relativistic) quantum theory. Key Features: Meaning and
significance of the term of relativity; discussion of the principle
of relativity. Relation of symmetry to relativity. Significance of
the notion of representations of symmetry transformations in
formulating a quantum theory. Representations of Galilean symmetry
and how they lead to the most common form of quantum theory.
Extension of Newtonian relativity to accelerating quantum systems
and broadened quantum theory.
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