{"product_id":"9780792335658","title":"Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science: Ensembles and Single Systems: A Two-Tier Approach to Quantum Mechanics","description":"\u003ch1\u003eBoston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science: Ensembles and Single Systems: A Two-Tier Approach to Quantum Mechanics\u003c\/h1\u003e \u003ch2\u003ePost, E.J.\u003c\/h2\u003e \u003cp\u003eMany, perhaps most textbooks of quantum mechanics present a  Copenhagen, single system angle; fewer present the subject matter as  an instrument for treating ensembles, but the two methods have been  silently coexisting since the mid-Thirties. This lingering dichotomy  of purpose for a major physical discipline has much shrouded further  insights into the foundations of quantum theory. \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cem\u003eQuantum Reprogramming\u003c\/em\u003e resolves this long-standing dichotomy by  examining the mutual relation between single systems and ensembles,  assigning each its own tools for treating the subject at hand: i.e.,  Schrödinger-Dirac methods for ensembles versus period  integrals for single systems. \u003cbr\u003e  A unified treatment of integer and fractional quantum Hall effects and  a finite description of the electron's anomalies are mentioned as  measures of justification for the chosen procedure of resolving an  old-time dichotomy. The methods of presentation are, in part,  elementary, with repetitive references needed to delineate differences  with respect to standard methods. The parts on period integrals are  developed with a perspective on elementary methods in physics, thus  leading up to some standard results of de Rham theory and algebraic  topology. \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cem\u003eAudience:\u003c\/em\u003e Students of physics, mathematics, philosophers as well  as outsiders with a general interest in the conceptual development of  physics will find useful reading in these pages, which will stimulate  further inquiry and study. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ch3\u003eDetails\u003c\/h3\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublished by: Springer\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublication Date: 1995-07-31\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFormat: Hardcover\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eISBN-13: 9780792335658\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDOI: 10.1007\/978-94-015-8410-4\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDimensions: 234cm x156cm\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePages: 322\u003c\/p\u003e ","brand":"Springer Netherlands","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45378513272972,"sku":"9780792335658","price":152.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9780792335658.jpg?v=1771508899","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9780792335658","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}