Statistical interpretation of quantum theory

1975 ◽  
Vol 43 (5) ◽  
pp. 420-422 ◽  
Author(s):  
Henry Krips
Keyword(s):  
Quantum Theory ◽  
Statistical Interpretation ◽  
Interpretation Of Quantum Theory

Operators and meaning of wave function

2016 ◽  
pp. 4039-4042
Author(s):  
Viliam Malcher
Keyword(s):  
Wave Function ◽  
Quantum Theory ◽  
State Vector ◽  
The State ◽  
Physical Significance ◽  
Central Problem ◽  
Quantum Mechanical ◽  
Mechanical Description ◽  
Quantum Mechanical Description ◽  
Interpretation Of Quantum Theory

The interpretation problems of quantum theory are considered. In the formalism of quantum theory the possible states of a system are described by a state vector. The state vector, which will be represented as |ψ> in Dirac notation, is the most general form of the quantum mechanical description. The central problem of the interpretation of quantum theory is to explain the physical significance of the |ψ>. In this paper we have shown that one of the best way to make of interpretation of wave function is to take the wave function as an operator.

Introductory Considerations

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
John von Neumann
Keyword(s):  
Quantum Theory ◽  
Theoretical Description ◽  
Statistical Interpretation ◽  
Wave Mechanics ◽  
Transformation Theory ◽  
Max Born ◽  
Erwin Schrödinger ◽  
Physical Problems ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
New System

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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