Mathematical Foundations of Quantum Mechanics (German: Mathematische Grundlagen der Quantenmechanik) is a quantum mechanics book written by John von Neumann...
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The mathematical formulations of quantum mechanics are those mathematical formalisms that permit a rigorous description of quantum mechanics. This mathematical...
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Observable (redirect from Observable (quantum mechanics))
classical mechanics, an observable is a real-valued "function" on the set of all possible system states, e.g., position and momentum. In quantum mechanics, an...
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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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Mathematical physics is the development of mathematical methods for application to problems in physics. The Journal of Mathematical Physics defines the...
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Dirac–von Neumann axioms (redirect from Axioms of quantum mechanics)
In mathematical physics, the Dirac–von Neumann axioms give a mathematical formulation of quantum mechanics in terms of operators on a Hilbert space. They...
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probability involves combining a quantum state, which mathematically describes a quantum system, with a mathematical representation of the measurement to be performed...
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In the mathematical study of logic and the physical analysis of quantum foundations, quantum logic is a set of rules for manipulation of propositions...
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von Neumann, John (2018). Nicholas A. Wheeler (ed.). Mathematical Foundations of Quantum Mechanics. Translated by Robert T. Beyer. Princeton University...
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(Feynman) The Physical Principles of the Quantum Theory (Heisenberg) Mathematical Foundations of Quantum Mechanics (von Neumann) "Paul A.M. Dirac – Biography"...
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Wave function collapse (redirect from Quantum collapse)
of quantum mechanics, wave function collapse, also called reduction of the state vector, occurs when a wave function—initially in a superposition of several...
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probabilistic nature of quantum mechanics by introducing additional, possibly inaccessible, variables. The mathematical formulation of quantum mechanics assumes that...
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(2018-02-27). Mathematical Foundations of Quantum Mechanics: New Edition. Princeton University Press. ISBN 978-0-691-17856-1. Gordon, J. P. (1962). "Quantum effects...
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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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In quantum mechanics, the Hamiltonian of a system is an operator corresponding to the total energy of that system, including both kinetic energy and potential...
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evolution of quantum systems and the consequences for measurement was noted by John von Neumann in his Mathematical Foundations of Quantum Mechanics, published...
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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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Foundations of Quantum Mechanics, W. A. Benjamin, 1963 (paperback reprint by Dover 2004). J. von Neumann, Mathematical Foundations of Quantum Mechanics, Princeton...
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philosophy of physics, quantum Bayesianism is a collection of related approaches to the interpretation of quantum mechanics, the most prominent of which is...
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George Mackey (category American mathematical analysts)
review of Mathematical Foundations of Quantum Mechanics by George W. Mackey; A Taste of Jordan Algebras by Kevin McCrimmon". MAA Review, Mathematical Association...
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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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The many-worlds interpretation (MWI) is an interpretation of quantum mechanics that asserts that the universal wavefunction is objectively real, and that...
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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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Born rule (redirect from Quantum probability)
The Born rule is a postulate of quantum mechanics that gives the probability that a measurement of a quantum system will yield a given result. In one...
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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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Hilbert's problems (redirect from List of Hilbert's problems)
Von Neumann, John (2018). Wheeler, Nicholas A. (ed.). Mathematical foundations of quantum mechanics. Translated by Beyer, Robert T. Princeton Oxford: Princeton...
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Lothar Wolfgang Nordheim (category University of Göttingen alumni)
in the mathematical foundations of quantum mechanics, cosmic rays and in nuclear physics. He obtained his PhD in 1923, under the supervision of Max Born...
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De Broglie–Bohm theory (redirect from Causal interpretation of quantum mechanics)
theory is an interpretation of quantum mechanics which postulates that, in addition to the wavefunction, an actual configuration of particles exists, even...
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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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the Tools", introduces quantum mechanics as a theory of "preparations" and "tests", and it develops the mathematical formalism of Hilbert spaces, concluding...
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