The Logic of Quantum Mechanics: Volume 15
Cambridge University Press (Verlag)
978-0-521-16849-6 (ISBN)
Originally published in 1981, this book forms volume 15 of the Encyclopedia of Mathematics and its Applications. The text provides a clear and thorough treatment of its subject, adhering to a clean exposition of the mathematical content of serious formulations of rational physical alternatives of quantum theory as elaborated in the influential works of the period, to which the authors made a significant contribution. The treatment falls into three distinct, logical parts: in the first part, the modern version of accumulated wisdom is presented, avoiding as far as possible the traditional language of classical physics for its interpretational character; in the second part, the individual structural elements for the logical content of the theory are laid out; in part three, the results of section two are used to reconstruct the usual Hilbert space formulation of quantum mechanics in a novel way.
Editor's statement; Foreword; Preface; Part I. Hilbert-Space Quantum Mechanics; 1. Static description of quantum mechanics; 2. States; 3. Physical quantities; 4. Spin and motion; 5. Superselection rules; 6. Dynamical evolution; 7. Compound systems; 8. Elementary analysis of the measurement process; 9. Mathematical structures emerging from the Hilbert-Space formulation of Quantum mechanics; Part II. Basic Structures in the Description of Quantum Mechanics; 10. The typical mathematical structure of propositions: orthomodular AC lattices; 11. Probability measures on orthomodular posets and lattices; 12. Characterization of commutativity; 13. States and propositions of a physical system; 14. Quantum-mechanical features in terms of the logic of the physical system; 15. On the hidden-variable issue; 16. Proposition-state structure and idealized measurements; 17. Superpositions of states and closure spaces; 18. Transition-probability spaces and quantum systems; 19. On the convex-set approach; 20. Introduction to a quantum logic; Part III. Reconstruction of Hilbert-Space Quantum Mechanics; 21. The coordinatization problem; 22. Use of real and quaternionic Hibert Spaces: a simple example; 23. Dynamics; 24. Composition of physical systems; 25. Hidden-variable theories and Gleason's Theorem; 26. Introduction to quantum probability theory; Appendices; Subject index.
Erscheint lt. Verlag | 9.12.2010 |
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Reihe/Serie | Encyclopedia of Mathematics and its Applications |
Vorwort | Peter A. Carruthers |
Verlagsort | Cambridge |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 156 x 234 mm |
Gewicht | 470 g |
Themenwelt | Mathematik / Informatik ► Mathematik ► Allgemeines / Lexika |
Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Quantenphysik | |
ISBN-10 | 0-521-16849-X / 052116849X |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-521-16849-6 / 9780521168496 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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