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.
| ISBN: | 9780521302357 |
| Publication date: | 28th December 1984 |
| Author: | Enrico G Beltrametti, Gianni Cassinelli |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 305 pages |
| Series: | Encyclopedia of Mathematics and Its Applications |
| Genres: |
Mathematical foundations |