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arXiv:hep-th/0105105

Quantum Mechanics and Determinism

Gerard ’t Hooft

Published May 11, 2001• 73 citations
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Abstract

It is shown how to map the quantum states of a system of free scalar particles one-to-one onto the states of a completely deterministic model. It is a classical field theory with a large (global) gauge group. The mapping is now also applied to free Maxwell fields. Lorentz invariance is demonstrated.
DOI
10.48550/arxiv.hep-th/0105105

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