Sunday, 31 July 2016 19:18

On the mathematics of the quantum theory I.

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Generally, neither mathematicians, nor physicists like it when somebody talks about the philosophical interpretation of mathematical models. One of the reasons for this is that many people try to speak about fields of physics interesting in a philosophical sense without the knowledge of the mathematical language, using merely verbality, for example about the relativity theory, or about quantum physics. This is apparently an impossible undertaking since mathematical models are born just because for explaining of some phenomena, verbal description alone is not sufficient.

I also drew a long bow when I wrote that the relation of space and time is similar to the mathematical relation of finite and infinite in a special sense. I had to add the expression to him ‘in a special sense’, narrowing the general sense of the statement by this, since we have already modelled the relation of finite and infinite in many different ways by now. The statement makes only sense if we know the underlying mathematical model.

Maybe, I will exaggerate now with my ideas related to quantum physics, but I am unable to resist the temptation to write about it because the thoughts are so interesting.

 

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