Chapter 27 Quantum Theory

Mario Belloni, Wolfgang Christian, Anne J. Cox

Preface (with Browser Tests and System Requirements) Chapter 1: Introduction to Physlets Part 1: Special Relativity Chapter 2: Space and Time in Special Relativity Chapter 3: Relativistic Mechanics Part 2: The Need for a Quantum Theory Chapter 4: From Blackbody to Bohr Chapter 5: Wave-Particle Duality Part 3: Quantum Theory Chapter 6: Classical and Quantum-mechanical Probability Chapter 7: The Schrodinger Equation Chapter 8: The Free Particle Chapter 9: Scattering in One Dimension Chapter 10: The Infinite Square Well Chapter 11: Finite Square Wells and Other Piecewise-constant Wells Chapter 12: Harmonic Oscillators and Other Spatially-varying Wells Chapter 13: Multi-dimensional Wells Part 4: Applications Chapter 14: Atomic, Molecular, and Nuclear Physics Chapter 15: Statistical Mechanics

Steve Adams

IHSIEN CHOU

Social Quantum Field Theory First Edition (2026) Table of Contents Volume I: Foundations and Formalism (Chapters 1–10) Volume II: Information Geometry, Dynamics and Applications (Chapters 11–19) Volume III: Advanced Theory, Control, Inverse Problems and Praxis (Chapters 20–52) Chapter 1 Introduction ............................................................................... 1 Chapter 2 From Bourdieu’s Field Theory to Social Quantum Field Theory .......... xx Chapters 3–10 Axioms, Hilbert Space, Field Operators, Geometry, Renormalization, etc. Chapter 11 Information Geometry and Relational Entropy .............................. xx Chapters 12–19 Emergence, Verification, Applications, Computation & Unification Chapter 20 Quantization of Social Fields ..................................................... xx Chapter 21 Interaction Vertices and Perturbation Theory ............................... xx Chapter 22 Spontaneous Symmetry Breaking and Emergent Order ..................... xx Chapters 23–30 Critical Phenomena, Topology, Information Geometry, Networks Chapter 31 Optimal Control and Decision Theory .......................................... xx Chapter 32 Inverse Social Field Theory ....................................................... xx Chapters 33–52 Praxis: Cultivation, Institutions, AI, Geopolitics, Taiwan Cases, Philosophy & Synthesis Epilogue .............................................................................................. xx Postscript Reflections on Mathematical Modeling ....................................... xx Afterword Mathematical Vision of Social Reality ......................................... xx Appendices (L–W, X, Y, etc.) Mathematical Notation · Complete Axioms · Illustrations · Glossary · FAQs · Open Problems · Future Research Agenda References ........................................................................................... xx Index ................................................................................................. xx

E.J Squires

Chapter 10

Karl Raimund Popper

Editor's Foreword Acknowledgements Author's Note, 1982 INTRODUCTORY COMMENTS Preface 1982: On a Realistic and Commonsense Interpretation of Quantum Theory QUANTUM THEORY AND THE SCHISM IN PHYSICS Chapter I Understanding Quantum Theory and its Interpretation Chapter II The Objectivity of Quantum Theory Chapter III Towards a Resolution of the Paradoxes of Quantum Theory Chapter IV A Metaphysical Epilogue Bibliographical Addendum, 1989 Index About the Author About the Editor