Probability space of wave functions

DOI10.1007/BF00668915MaRDI QIDQ578761zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Silviu Guiasu

Publication date 1987

Published in International Journal of Theoretical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00668915

zbMATH Keywords

entropy maximization techniquequantum mechanicsWiener-Siegel probability distribution

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Distribution theory (60E99) Interacting random processes; statistical mechanics type models; percolation theory (60K35) Stochastic mechanics (including stochastic electrodynamics) (81P20)

Review text

It is well known that in quantum mechanics, when the mean value of an observable is given, entropy maximization can be successfully applied for constructing a probability distribution on the set of possible values of that observable. In this paper, the entropy maximization technique is extended to the complex domain in order to construct an unbiased probability measure on the set of all wave functions. In particular, a justification and a generalization of the Wiener-Siegel probability distribution of Gaussian type in the differential space of wave functions are given.

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