Foundations and interpretation of quantum mechanics : in the light of a critical-historical analysis of the problems and of a synthesis of the results

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Foundations and interpretation of quantum mechanics : in the light of a critical-historical analysis of the problems and of a synthesis of the results

Gennaro Auletta ; with a foreword by Giorgio Parisi

World Scientific, c2001

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 803-932) and indexes

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Volume

: hbk ISBN 9789810240394

Description

The aim of this book is twofold: to provide a comprehensive account of the foundations of the theory and to outline a theoretical and philosophical interpretation suggested from the results of the last twenty years.There is a need to provide an account of the foundations of the theory because recent experience has largely confirmed the theory and offered a wealth of new discoveries and possibilities. On the other side, the following results have generated a new basis for discussing the problem of the interpretation: the new developments in measurement theory; the experimental generation of “Schrödinger cats”; recent developments which allow, for the first time, the simultaneous measurement of complementary observables; quantum information processing, teleportation and computation.To accomplish this task, the book combines historical, systematic and thematic approaches.

Table of Contents

Part 1 Basic formalism and extensions of quantum mechanics. Part 2 The Copenhagen interpretation. Part 3 First foundations of quantum mechanics. Part 4 Measurement problem. Part 5 Microphysics/Macrophysics. Part 6 Time and QM. Part 7 Wave/particle dualism. Part 8 Completeness and determinism. Part 9 The problem of non-locality. Part 10 Information and quantum mechanics.
Volume

: pbk ISBN 9789810246143

Description

The aim of this book is twofold: to provide a comprehensive account of the foundations of the theory and to outline a theoretical and philosophical interpretation suggested from the results of the last twenty years.There is a need to provide an account of the foundations of the theory because recent experience has largely confirmed the theory and offered a wealth of new discoveries and possibilities. On the other side, the following results have generated a new basis for discussing the problem of the interpretation: the new developments in measurement theory; the experimental generation of “Schrödinger cats”; recent developments which allow, for the first time, the simultaneous measurement of complementary observables; quantum information processing, teleportation and computation.To accomplish this task, the book combines historical, systematic and thematic approaches.

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  • NCID
    BB00580976
  • ISBN
    • 9789810240394
    • 9789810246143
  • Country Code
    si
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    Singapore
  • Pages/Volumes
    xxxii, 981 p.
  • Size
    27 cm
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