The Logic of Quantum Mechanics: Volume 15

Enrico G Beltrametti author Gianni Cassinelli author Gian-Carlo Rota editor

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Cambridge University Press

Published:28th Dec '84

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This volume examines the logic, theory and mathematics of quantum mechanics in a clear and thorough way.

Originally published in 1981, this book forms volume 15 of the Encyclopedia of Mathematics and its Applications. The text provides a clean exposition of the mathematical content of serious formulations of rational physical alternatives of quantum theory, to which the authors made a significant contribution.Originally published in 1981, this book forms volume 15 of the Encyclopedia of Mathematics and its Applications. The text provides a clear and thorough treatment of its subject, adhering to a clean exposition of the mathematical content of serious formulations of rational physical alternatives of quantum theory as elaborated in the influential works of the period, to which the authors made a significant contribution. The treatment falls into three distinct, logical parts: in the first part, the modern version of accumulated wisdom is presented, avoiding as far as possible the traditional language of classical physics for its interpretational character; in the second part, the individual structural elements for the logical content of the theory are laid out; in part three, the results of section two are used to reconstruct the usual Hilbert space formulation of quantum mechanics in a novel way.

Review of the hardback: ' … this elegant and very sophisticated work is directed to those mathematicians and theoretical physicists with special interest in the logical consistency and mathematical content of the physical principles of quantum mechanics … It is well-referenced, and the reader who perseveres in studying the book will be amply rewarded'. Choice

ISBN: 9780521302357

Dimensions: 228mm x 152mm x 20mm

Weight: 655g

305 pages