Principles of Quantum Mechanics is a textbook by Ramamurti Shankar. The book has been through two editions. It is used in many college courses around...
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The Principles of Quantum Mechanics is an influential monograph on quantum mechanics written by Paul Dirac and first published by Oxford University Press...
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Action principles lie at the heart of fundamental physics, from classical mechanics through quantum mechanics, particle physics, and general relativity...
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Quantum gravity (QG) is a field of theoretical physics that seeks to describe gravity according to the principles of quantum mechanics. It deals with environments...
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Quantum superposition is a fundamental principle of quantum mechanics that states that linear combinations of solutions to the Schrödinger equation are...
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This is a list of notable textbooks on classical mechanics and quantum mechanics arranged according to level and surnames of the authors in alphabetical...
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Quantum information science is a field that combines the principles of quantum mechanics with information theory to study the processing, analysis, and...
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Planck constant (redirect from Planck's Quantum Of Action)
{\displaystyle h} , is a fundamental physical constant of foundational importance in quantum mechanics: a photon's energy is equal to its frequency multiplied...
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mathematical formulations of quantum mechanics are those mathematical formalisms that permit a rigorous description of quantum mechanics. This mathematical formalism...
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rotation operator, as it appears in quantum mechanics. With every physical rotation R {\displaystyle R} , we postulate a quantum mechanical rotation operator...
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summarizes equations in the theory of quantum mechanics. A fundamental physical constant occurring in quantum mechanics is the Planck constant, h. A common...
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Quantum mechanics is the fundamental physical theory that describes the behavior of matter and of light; its unusual characteristics typically occur at...
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Paul Dirac (category British quantum physicists)
considered to be one of the founders of quantum mechanics. Dirac laid the foundations for both quantum electrodynamics and quantum field theory. He was...
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Observer effect (physics) (redirect from Quantum observation)
: 55 Observer (special relativity) Dirac, P.A.M. (1967). The Principles of Quantum Mechanics (4th ed.). Oxford University Press. p. 3. Dent, Eric B. "The...
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Dirac–von Neumann axioms (redirect from Axioms of quantum mechanics)
the Dirac–von Neumann axioms give a mathematical formulation of quantum mechanics in terms of operators on a Hilbert space. They were introduced by Paul...
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interpretation of quantum mechanics is an attempt to explain how the mathematical theory of quantum mechanics might correspond to experienced reality. Quantum mechanics...
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Quantum mechanics is the study of matter and its interactions with energy on the scale of atomic and subatomic particles. By contrast, classical physics...
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timeline of quantum mechanics is a list of key events in the history of quantum mechanics, quantum field theories and quantum chemistry. The initiation of quantum...
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of quantum mechanics is a fundamental part of the history of modern physics. The major chapters of this history begin with the emergence of quantum ideas...
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P. A. M. (1930). The Principles of Quantum Mechanics, Cambridge University Press. Prugovecki, Eduard (2006). Quantum Mechanics in Hilbert Space, Second...
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Euclidean quantum gravity is a version of quantum gravity. It seeks to use the Wick rotation to describe the force of gravity according to the principles of quantum...
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Matrix mechanics is a formulation of quantum mechanics created by Werner Heisenberg, Max Born, and Pascual Jordan in 1925. It was the first conceptually...
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Canonical quantization (category Quantum field theory)
thesis, the "method of classical analogy" for quantization, and detailed it in his classic text Principles of Quantum Mechanics. The word canonical arises...
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Reversible computing (category Pages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets via Module:Annotated link)
closely linked to quantum computing, where the principles of quantum mechanics inherently ensure reversibility (as long as quantum states are not measured...
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Wave function (redirect from Wave function (quantum mechanics))
1017/S0305004100021162. S2CID 121466183. Dirac, P. A. M. (1982). The principles of quantum mechanics. The international series on monographs on physics (4th ed...
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the development of Hamiltonian mechanics and the action principles, concepts critical to the development of quantum mechanics and of relativity. Chaos...
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A quantum battery is a type of electric battery that uses the principles of quantum mechanics to store energy. They have the potential to be more efficient...
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In quantum physics, a quantum state is a mathematical entity that embodies the knowledge of a quantum system. Quantum mechanics specifies the construction...
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principles of quantum mechanics, offers the possibility of secure communication channels that are fundamentally resistant to eavesdropping. Quantum key...
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Mathematical Foundations of Quantum Mechanics (German: Mathematische Grundlagen der Quantenmechanik) is a quantum mechanics book written by John von Neumann...
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