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Part of the book series: Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science (BSPS, volume 181)
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Table of contents (19 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Introductory Remarks
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The Copenhagen Era
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A Sommerfeld-De Rham View of Single Systems
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An Attempt at Cohomological Synthesis
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Ramifications of the Two-Tier View of Q.M.
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About this book
Quantum Reprogramming resolves this long-standing dichotomy by examining the mutual relation between single systems and ensembles, assigning each its own tools for treating the subject at hand: i.e., Schrödinger-Dirac methods for ensembles versus period integrals for single systems.
A unified treatment of integer and fractional quantum Hall effects and a finite description of the electron's anomalies are mentioned as measures of justification for the chosen procedure of resolving an old-time dichotomy. The methods of presentation are, in part, elementary, with repetitive references needed to delineate differences with respect to standard methods. The parts on period integrals are developed with a perspective on elementary methods in physics, thus leading up to some standard results of de Rham theory and algebraic topology.
Audience: Students of physics, mathematics, philosophers as well as outsiders with a general interest in the conceptual development of physics will find useful reading in these pages, which will stimulate further inquiry and study.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Quantum Reprogramming
Book Subtitle: Ensembles and Single Systems: A Two-Tier Approach to Quantum Mechanics
Authors: Evert Jan Post
Series Title: Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-8410-4
Publisher: Springer Dordrecht
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eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 1995
Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-7923-3565-8Published: 31 July 1995
Softcover ISBN: 978-90-481-4575-1Published: 07 December 2010
eBook ISBN: 978-94-015-8410-4Published: 29 June 2013
Series ISSN: 0068-0346
Series E-ISSN: 2214-7942
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIV, 322
Topics: Metaphysics, History, general, Quantum Physics, Algebraic Topology