Foundations of Quantum Theory Statistical Interpretation

This chapter presents the origins of the transformation theory and related concepts. It shows how, in 1925, a procedure initiated by Werner Heisenberg was developed by himself, Max Born, Pascual Jordan, and a little later by Paul Dirac, into a new system of quantum theory—the first complete system of quantum theory which physics has possessed. A little later Erwin Schrödinger developed the “wave mechanics” from an entirely different starting point. This accomplished the same ends, and soon proved to be equivalent to the Heisenberg, Born, Jordan, and Dirac system. On the basis of the Born statistical interpretation of the quantum theoretical description of nature, it was possible for Dirac and Jordan to join the two theories into one, the “transformation theory,” in which they make possible a grasp of physical problems which is especially simple mathematically.

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Comments on H. J. Groenewold ‘Foundations of Quantum Theory’

Induction, Physics and Ethics ◽

10.1007/978-94-010-3305-3_11 ◽

1970 ◽

pp. 200-219

Author(s):

Henry Margenau

Keyword(s):

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Foundations Of Quantum Theory

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Introduction-Reconstructing Scientific Pasts

Science Between Myth and History ◽

10.1093/oso/9780198864967.003.0001 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 1-22

Author(s):

José G. Perillán

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Quantum Theory ◽

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The Universe ◽

Washington Square

The universe is made of stories, not of atoms.1 —MURIEL RUKEYSER Graduate work in both physics and history taught me to use highly specialized research methods to rigorously search out truth and eradicate myths. In spring 2012, I brought this mindset with me as I sat down for lunch with physicist Pierre Hohenberg at the Apple Restaurant near Manhattan’s Washington Square Park. Pierre was a brilliant physicist and a family friend. Toward the end of his life, he was particularly invested in work on the foundations of quantum theory....

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