Quantum mechanics from focusing and symmetry

DOI10.1007/S10701-008-9239-8zbMATH Open1152.81655arXiv0801.2026OpenAlexW1990968340MaRDI QIDQ954775FDOQ954775

Authors: Inge S. Helland 

Publication date: 18 November 2008

Published in: Foundations of Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: A foundation of quantum mechanics based on the concepts of focusing and symmetry is proposed. Focusing is connected to c-variables - inaccessible conceptually derived variables; several examples of such variables are given. The focus is then on a maximal accessible parameter, a function of the common c-variable. Symmetry is introduced via a group acting on the c-variable. From this, the Hilbert space is constructed and state vectors and operators are given a clear interpretation. The Born formula is proved from weak assumptions, and from this the usual rules of quantum mechanics are derived. Several paradoxes and other issues of quantum theory are discussed.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0801.2026

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zbMATH Keywords

symmetryBorn's ruleEPR paradoxBell's inequalityfocusingepistemic interpretation

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

General and philosophical questions in quantum theory (81P05)

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