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Quantum physics is nothing like classical physics and it is probably not an exaggeration to say that we just get used to quantum physics — without really understanding it — as we learn more about it! There are several conceptual and technical problems involved in taking the classical limit of a quantum mechanical description. We will not worry too much about the conceptual issues — interesting though they are — but will instead concentrate on one technical issue in this chapter.
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Padmanabhan, T. (2015). The Emergence of Classical Physics. In: Sleeping Beauties in Theoretical Physics. Lecture Notes in Physics, vol 895. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-13443-7_2
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