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Bakerian Lecture - The physical interpretation of quantum mechanics
Abstract
Modern developments of atomic theory have required alterations in some of the most fundamental physical ideas. This has resulted in its being usually easier to discover the equations that describe some particular phenomenon than just how the equations are to be interpreted. The quantum mechanics of Heisenberg and Schrodinger was first worked out for a number of simple examples, from which a general mathematical scheme was constructed, and afterwards people were led to the general physical principles governing the interpretation, such as the superposition of states and the indeterminacy principle. In this way a satisfactory non-relativistic quantum mechanics was established.
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- Authors
- Dirac, P. A. M.
- Venue
- Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series A. Mathematical and Physical Sciences
- Publisher
- The Royal Society
- Published
- 1942-03-18
- Volume
- 180
- Issue
- 980
- Pages
- 1-40
- ISSN
- 0080-4630 (ISSN-L)
- 2053-9169
- OpenAlex
- W2082964968
- Cited by
- 346
- References
- 0
- FWCI
- 15.57
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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