Entropic Dynamics: Quantum Mechanics from Entropy and Information Geometry
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Publication:6059638
DOI10.1002/ANDP.201700408arXiv1711.02538OpenAlexW2962940722WikidataQ130128760 ScholiaQ130128760MaRDI QIDQ6059638FDOQ6059638
Authors: Ariel Caticha 
Publication date: 2 November 2023
Published in: Annalen der Physik (Search for Journal in Brave)
Abstract: Entropic Dynamics (ED) is a framework in which Quantum Mechanics (QM) is derived as an application of entropic methods of inference. The magnitude of the wave function is manifestly epistemic: its square is a probability distribution. The epistemic nature of the phase of the wave function is also clear: it controls the flow of probability. The dynamics is driven by entropy subject to constraints that capture the relevant physical information. The central concern is to identify those constraints and how they are updated. After reviewing previous work I describe how considerations from information geometry allow us to derive a phase space geometry that combines Riemannian, symplectic, and complex structures. The ED that preserves these structures is QM. The full equivalence between ED and QM is achieved by taking account of how gauge symmetry and charge quantization are intimately related to quantum phases and the single-valuedness of wave functions.
Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1711.02538
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