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" Heisenberg's Uncertainties and the Probabilistic Interpretation of Wave Mechanics "
by Louis Broglie.
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579813
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b409032
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Broglie, Louis.
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Heisenberg's Uncertainties and the Probabilistic Interpretation of Wave Mechanics : with Critical Notes of the Author /\ by Louis Broglie.
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Dordrecht :: Springer Netherlands,, 1990.
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Fundamental Theories of Physics, An International Book Series on The Fundamental Theories of Physics: Their Clarification, Development and Application ;; 40
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9789400921276
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: 9789401074575
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One (1950-1951) On Heisenberg's Uncertainties and the Probabilistic Interpretation of Wave Mechanics -- 1. Principles of Wave Mechanics -- 2. Probabilistic Interpretation of Wave Mechanics -- 3. Wave Mechanics of Systems of Particles -- 4. General Formalism of Wave Mechanics -- 5. General Principles of the Probabilistic Interpretation of Wave Mechanics -- 6. Theory of the Commutation of Operators in Wave Mechanics -- 7. Physical Impossibility of Simultaneously Measuring Canonically Conjugate Quantities -- 8. Precise Form of the Uncertainty Relations -- 9. Heisenberg's Fourth Uncertainty Relation -- 10. Examination of Some Difficult Points in Wave Mechanics -- Two (1951-1952) On the Probabilistic Interpretation of Wave Mechanics and Various Related Questions -- 11. Summary of Some General Concepts of Probability Calculus -- 12. Recalling the General Concepts of Wave Mechanics -- 13. Introduction of the Characteristic Function into the Probability Formalism of Wave Mechanics -- 14. Theory of Mixtures and von Neumann's Theory of Measurement -- 15. Measurement Theory in Wave Mechanics -- 16. The Role of Time in Wave Mechanics -- Works of Louis de Broglie.
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LOUIS DE BROGLIE AND THE SINGLE QUANTUM PARTICLE By A. O. Barut We have abundant evidence and testimony that Louis de Broglie deeply cared about the foundations, the meaning, and our understanding of quantum theory in general and of wave mechanics in particular. So, too, did Erwin Schrodinger, along with Einstein, Bohr, Dirac, and Heisenberg. For de Broglie and Schrodinger this preoccupation meant not simply the acceptance of a novel set of rules, but a constant struggle and a search for complete clarity about the way in which the new theory fits into the great classical traditions of an objective physical world view. We may call this a striving for "physical rigor," rigor in reasoning, or intellectual rigor. There is not only mathematical rigor inside an axiomatic system with which everybody agrees, but there is, and there should be, rigor also in our concepts and methods. To this kind of rigor belongs the unity, the economy and simplicity, and the consistency of physical theories; naturally along with as complete and as clear an understanding of phenomena as possible. No loose ends, no proliferation of poorly tested and phenomenological entities, no bending of logic and compromise, and no handwaiving arguments can be tolerated. Unfortunately this kind of rigor seems to be missing in today's forefront of fundamental physical theories, viz. , particle or high-energy physics.
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Physics.
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Science-- Philosophy.
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Quantum theory.
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