
Probability And Schrodinger's Mechanics
David B. Cook(Author)
World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd
Will be published approx. on 30. December 2002
Book
Hardback
344 pages
978-981-238-191-0 (ISBN)
Description
This book addresses some of the problems of interpreting Schroedinger's mechanics - the most complete and explicit theory falling under the umbrella of "quantum theory". The outlook is materialist ("realist") and stresses the development of Schroedinger's mechanics from classical theories and its close connections with (particularly) the Hamilton-Jacobi theory. Emphasis is placed on the concepts and use of the modern objective (measure-theoretic) probability theory. The work is free from any mention of the bearing of Schroedinger's mechanics on God, his alleged mind or, indeed, minds at all. The author has taken the naive view that this mechanics is about the structure and dynamics of atomic and sub-atomic systems since he has been unable to trace any references to minds, consciousness or measurements in the foundations of the theory.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Singapore
Singapore
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
ISBN-13
978-981-238-191-0 (9789812381910)
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Schweitzer Classification
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Content
Orientation and Outlook; Probabilities: Simple Probabilities; A More Careful Look at Probabilities; Classical Mechanics: The Hamilton-Jacobi Equation; Angular Momentum; Schrodinger's Mechanics: Prelude: Particle Diffraction; The Genesis of Schrodinger's Mechanics; The Schrodinger Equation; Identities: Momenta and Dynamical Variables; Abstracting the Structure; Interpretation from Applications: The Quantum Kepler Problem; The Harmonic Oscillator and Fields; Perturbation Theory and Epicycles; Formalisms and "Hidden" Variables; Disputes and Paradoxes: Measurement at the Microscopic Level; Paradoxes; Beyond Schrodinger's Mechanics?