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From: bp6
Date: Sat, 23 Mar 2002 03:44
Date: Sat, 23 Mar 2002 03:44
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dear Brian I think you're missing the point somewhere. I can' quite determine where; you've either got a bad case of tourettes syndrome and feel the need to spout fourth a wonderful stream of meaningless rhetoric; or you didn't read my post. The uncertainty relation in QM is a fundamental, and unavoidable, property of traditional quantum mechanics. It can be mathematically proven, although it's physical interpretation has been debated for almost 70 years. By looking at the actual derivation of the principle via the Robertson indeterminacy principle, a strong argument for the "statistical reading" may be formed. Many new formulations of quantum mechanics have been put forward to try and avoid his theory but none have provided such an accurate description of quantum mchanical phenomena. For further reading I'd suggest Messiah: "Quantum mechanics" (ironically the Bible of QM & its formalism), also IM Rae "Quantum mechanics" - the last chapter may be useful to you. For a full discussion of the uncertanty principle, and the somewhat limited idea of "trajectories" in quantum physics (which clearly are meaningless outwith the rounds of the De Brogle-Bohm casual interpretation) I'd suggest "the structure and interpretaion of quantum mechanics" by Hughes. Hope that this solves solves your difficulties and helps you with your studies. Bob
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