E-Book, Englisch, 158 Seiten
Streater Lost Causes in and beyond Physics
1. Auflage 2007
ISBN: 978-3-540-36582-2
Verlag: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Format: PDF
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E-Book, Englisch, 158 Seiten
ISBN: 978-3-540-36582-2
Verlag: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark
This book deals with a selection of research topics in theoretical physics that have (almost) been proven to be a dead-end or continue at least to be highly controversial. Nevertheless, small but dedicated research communities continue to work on these issues. In a series of essays this book describes their work and struggle as well as the chances of any breakthrough in these areas. It is written as both an entertainment and serious study.
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1;Preface;5
2;Contents;7
3;1 Introduction;9
4;2 Munchausen’s Syndrome by Proxy;14
4.1;2.1 Munchausen’s Syndrome by Proxy;14
4.2;2.2 Statistics in Human Affairs;15
4.3;2.3 Meadow’s Logical Error;18
5;3 Elementary Probability;26
5.1;3.1 Basics;26
5.2;3.2 Probability Distributions;29
5.3;3.3 Moments;34
5.4;3.4 Probability with Two Observers;36
5.5;3.5 Statistical Models;37
5.6;3.6 The Algebraic Theory of Gelfand;39
6;4 Quantum Probability;42
6.1;4.1 Algebras;42
6.2;4.2 The Schrödinger Picture;45
6.3;4.3 State Space;47
6.4;4.4 The Spectral Theorem;48
6.5;4.5 Tensor Products;50
6.6;4.6 Superselection Rules;52
6.7;4.7 Measurement and Events;61
6.8;4.8 The Quantum Game with Two Observers;67
7;5 Bayesians;71
7.1;5.1 Classical Bayesianism;71
7.2;5.2 Physics from Fisher Information;75
7.3;5.3 Quantum Bayesianism;76
8;6 EPR and the Dangers of Cannabis;79
8.1;6.1 Cannabis;79
8.2;6.2 The EPR Experiment;84
8.3;6.3 Counterfactuals;90
9;7 Stapp’s Theory of the Brain;94
9.1;7.1 The Speed at Which Concepts are Formed;94
9.2;7.2 The Claimed Absence of Correlations in Classical Field Theory;95
9.3;7.3 Supposed nonlocalities of Quantum Theory;96
9.4;7.4 Conclusion;97
10;8 Hidden Variables;99
10.1;8.1 Bell’s Theorem;103
11;9 Bohmian Mechanics;107
12;10 The Analytic S-matrix Bootstrap;117
12.1;10.1 Scattering;117
12.2;10.2 Dispersion Relations;119
12.3;10.3 Mandelstam’s Formula;121
12.4;10.4 Bootstrap;122
13;11 Nelson and Wiener;127
13.1;11.1 Wiener;127
13.2;11.2 Nelson;128
14;12 Other Lost Causes;133
14.1;12.1 Bondi’s Solution to the Twin Paradox;133
14.2;12.2 Quantum Logic;134
14.3;12.3 Trivalent Logic;135
14.4;12.4 Jordan Algebras;135
14.5;12.5 Non-self-adjoint Observables;136
14.6;12.6 Critique of Geometro-Stochastic Theory;141
14.7;12.7 Dirac’s Programme of Quantisation;144
14.8;12.8 DiffM as a Gauge Group;146
14.9;12.9 Dirac Notation;147
15;13 Some Good Ideas;149
15.1;13.1 Euclidean Quantum Field Theory;149
15.2;13.2 The Most General Quantum Theory;150
15.3;13.3 Cohomology;152
16;References;158
17;Index;165
