• 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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  • 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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  • 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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    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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    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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  • 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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    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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    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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  • 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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