The Logic of Quantum Mechanics
, by Enrico G. Beltrametti , Gianni Cassinelli , Edited by Gian-Carlo Rota , Foreword by Peter A. CarruthersNote: Supplemental materials are not guaranteed with Rental or Used book purchases.
- ISBN: 9780521168496 | 052116849X
- Cover: Paperback
- Copyright: 12/9/2010
Originally published in 1981, this book forms volume 15 of the Encyclopedia of Mathematics and its Applications. The text provides a clear and thorough treatment of its subject, adhering to a clean exposition of the mathematical content of serious formulations of rational physical alternatives of quantum theory as elaborated in the influential works of the period, to which the authors made a significant contribution. The treatment falls into three distinct, logical parts: in the first part, the modern version of accumulated wisdom is presented, avoiding as far as possible the traditional language of classical physics for its interpretational character; in the second part, the individual structural elements for the logical content of the theory are laid out; in part three, the results of section two are used to reconstruct the usual Hilbert space formulation of quantum mechanics in a novel way.