Group Theoretical Foundations of Quantum Mechanics - Softcover

Mirman, Ronald

Softcover

ISBN 10: 059534125X ISBN 13: 9780595341252

Publisher: iUniverse, 2005

Synopsis

Quantum mechanics, its properties including wavefunctions, complex numbers and uncertainty, are necessary and completely reasonable and understandable, with no weirdness. Classical physics is impossible. Much uncertainty comes from Fourier analysis. Waves and particles and collapse of wavefunctions are meaningless. Their seeming appearance in analyzed. Reasons and limitations of superposition are considered. Gravitation is an example of nonlinearity. All objects interact so nonlinearity is universal. How quantum mechanics then fits in is shown. Dirac's equation comes from Poincaré group. Physics is necessarily impossible in any space but that with dimension 3+1. Spin-statistics is a property of rotation groups.

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About the Author

R. Mirman is the author of Group Theory: An Intuitive Approach; Group Theoretical Foundations of Quantum Mechanics; Massless Representations of the Poincare Group: electromagnetism, gravitation, quantum mechanics, geometry; Point Groups, Space Groups, Crystals, Molecules; Quantum Mechanics, Quantum Field Theory: geometry, language, logic; and Quantum Field Theory, Conformal Group Theory, Conformal Field Theory: Mathematical and conceptual foundations, physical and geometrical applications.

Edition details

• Publisher: iUniverse
• Publication date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 059534125X
• ISBN 13: 9780595341252
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 280