Paradigms in Physics: Quantum Mechanics

Xueheng Wei

Quantum mechanics is more creativity than relativity theory. How does quantum mechanics impact the paradigm of classical physics? Although both Einstein and Bohr raised relatively vague questions about the old paradigm of physics, such as Einstein's question about differential equations and Bohr's use of "blind crutches" to question the cognitive function of experimental instruments. But there has been no outright skepticism.

Valia Allori

Prabhakar G. Vaidya, Nithin Nagaraj, B. V. Sreekantan

This article is about two competing paradigms to explain the nature of our physical world. The prevalent paradigm is ‘Randomness’, which is intrinsic in Quantum Mechanics (QM) and regarded as essential to our universe, an attribute that led to the famous remark by Einstein – “God does not play dice

Albert Messiah

Yvon Gauthier

We discuss the Hilbert program for the axiomatization of physics in the contextof\nwhat Hilbert and von Neumann came to call the analytical apparatus and\nitsconditions of reality. We suggest that the idea of a physical logic is the\nbasisfor a physical mathematics and we use quantum mechanics as a paradigm case\nforaxiomatics in the sense of Hilbert. Finite probability theory requires\nfinitederivations in the measurement theory of QM and we give a polynomial\nformulationof local complementation for the metric induced on the topology of\nthe Hilbertspace. The conclusion hints at a constructivist physics.

Stefan P Ivanov