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- From: darice@yoyo.cc.monash.edu.au (Fred Rice)
- Subject: Re: Bayes' theorem and QM
- Message-ID: <1992Dec26.080126.12238@monu6.cc.monash.edu.au>
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- Date: Sat, 26 Dec 1992 08:01:26 GMT
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- In <449@mtnmath.UUCP> paul@mtnmath.UUCP (Paul Budnik) writes:
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- >The same thing effectively happens in chaotic classical systems.
- >In theory we can compute a value for every observable, but such a
- >computations is, from a practical standpoint, not possible even with
- >perfect information of the initial state.
-
- My understanding is that, in a classical chaotic system, given perfect
- knowledge of the initial observables, one can calculate how the system
- will evolve (for want of better terminology), i.e. it is deterministic.
- However, in practice, this perfect knowledge of the initial observables
- that is required is not obtainable due to limitations of the instruments
- (classically, remember, forgetting about QM).
-
- However, perhaps that is what you meant when you said "from a practical
- standpoint".
-
- >It seems likely
- >to me that some form of deterministic chaos also underlys the seemingly
- >fundamental nature of probability in quantum mechanics.
-
- Interesting... I have had the same thought of this possibility too. Does
- anyone know if any work on how chaos and fundamental QM might relate has
- been done? If so, can anyone give any helpful references or names?
-
- Fred Rice
- darice@yoyo.cc.monash.edu.au
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