On the Significance of Permutation Symmetry
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Publication:4525663
DOI10.1093/bjps/50.3.325zbMath0966.81002MaRDI QIDQ4525663
Publication date: 12 June 2001
Published in: The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science (Search for Journal in Brave)
Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1093/bjps/50.3.325
quantum statistics; many-particle quantum mechanics; covariant spatial transformations; metaphysics of individuality; philosophical debate; significance of permutation symmetry
81P05: General and philosophical questions in quantum theory
81S05: Commutation relations and statistics as related to quantum mechanics (general)
82B03: Foundations of equilibrium statistical mechanics
20B99: Permutation groups