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Microphysics from Classical Electrodynamics

G. De Nigris

Physics EssaysJun 1, 19990 citations

Time Symmetry in Microphysics

Huw Price

Physics takes for granted that interacting systems without common history are independent, before interaction. This principle is time asymmetric, for no such restriction applies to systems without common future, after interaction. The time asymmetry is normally attributed to boundary conditions. I argue that there are two such independence principles at work in contemporary physics, one of which cannot be attributed to boundary conditions, and therefore conflicts with the assumed T-symmetry of microphysics. I note that this may have interesting ramifications in quantum mechanics.Physics takes for granted that interacting systems without common history are independent, before interaction. This principle is time asymmetric, for no such restriction applies to systems without common future, after interaction. The time asymmetry is normally attributed to boundary conditions. I argue that there are two such independence principles at work in contemporary physics, one of which cannot be attributed to boundary conditions, and therefore conflicts with the assumed T-symmetry of microphysics. I note that this may have interesting ramifications in quantum mechanics.

arXiv:quant-ph/9610036Philosophy of ScienceJan 1, 199712 citations

A new approach to classical mechanics

G.C. Stey

Physics Letters ADec 1, 19783 citations

The Role of Potentiality in Peirce’s Tychism and in Contemporary Discussions in Quantum Mechanics and Microphysics

Demetra Sjendoni-Mentzou

University of Alabama Press eBooksOct 21, 20151 citation

Review of Classical Mechanics

R. Shankar

Springer eBooksJan 1, 19940 citations

The Limits of Classical Mechanics

Thomas Strohm