Foundations of Quantum Mechanics, an Empiricist Approach

• Main Author: Muynck, Willem M. de. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2002.
• Series: Fundamental Theories of Physics, An International Book Series on The Fundamental Theories of Physics: Their Clarification, Development and Application ; 127
• Subjects: Physics.; Philosophy and science.; Philosophy of nature.; Applied mathematics.; Engineering mathematics.; Quantum physics.; Quantum Physics.; Theoretical, Mathematical and Computational Physics.; Applications of Mathematics.; Philosophy of Nature.; Philosophy of Science.
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Old and new problems of the foundations of quantum mechanics are viewed from the new perspective provided by a generalization of the mathematical formalism encompassing positive operator-valued measures. One objective is to demonstrate the crucial role the generalized formalism plays in fundamental...

Table of Contents:

• Standard and generalized formalisms of quantum mechanics
• Empiricist and realist interpretations of quantum mechanics
• Quantum mechanical description of measurement, and the ỚSmeasurement problemỚ<U+00fd>
• The Copenhagen interpretation
• The Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen problem
• Individual-particle and ensemble interpretations of quantum mechanics
• Generalized quantum mechanics
• Applications of generalized quantum mechanics
• The Bell inequality in quantum mechanics
• Subquantum or hidden-variables theories.