Re: Randomness and Quantum Mechanics

From: John Bailey (john_bailey_at_rochester.rr.com)
Date: 03/09/05

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    On 8 Mar 2005 17:24:00 -0800, SociaLearner@netzoola.com (Boyd) wrote:

    >Would you please suggest some "basic" papers or books on the topic ?
    >Or is what I am asking belonging to high-level research and that a
    >basic course in physics I took is not enough to learn something like
    >that ?

    http://people.ccmr.cornell.edu/%7Emermin/qcomp/CS483.html
    Mermin's course at Cornell in quantum computing for computer science
    almost made qm and quantum behavior intuitive for me.

    I think you may really be really looking for material on the
    Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics.

    Copenhagen interpretation: *if the math agrees with the outcomes,
    don't ask questions--shit happens*

    (quoting David Mermin:)
    To celebrate the 60th birthday of Charles H.Bennett I ... (3) describe
    how I inadvertently reinvented the Copenhagen interpretation in the
    course of constructing a simple, straightforward, and transparent
    introduction to quantum mechanics for computer scientists.
    http://xyz.lanl.gov/abs/quant-ph/0305088

    There are five widely discussed interpretations of quantum
    mechanics--1) the Copenhagen interpretation, 2) the many-worlds
    interpretation, 3)quantum logic, 4) coherent histories and 5)
    information physics.

    Many-worlds interpretation: there are almost uncountably many parallel
    universes which continue to spring up at every quantum event.

    Quantum logic: boolean logic does not apply to all physical
    situations.

    Coherent histories: constrain the conditions under which math applies
    to an experiment.

    Information physics: its all the behavior of systems which are
    inherently limited in the amount of information they can yield.
    http://lanl.arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0106166
    http://lanl.arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0401052
    http://lanl.arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0204088

    John Bailey
    http://home.rochester.rr.com/jbxroads/mailto.html

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