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A Continuous Transition Between Quantum and Classical Mechanics (I)

Quantum Physics 2015-02-16 v2

Abstract

In spite of its popularity, it has not been possible to vindicate the conventional wisdom that classical mechanics is a limiting case of quantum mechanics. The purpose of the present paper is to offer an alternative formulation of classical mechanics which provides a continuous transition to quantum mechanics via environment-induced decoherence.

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@article{arxiv.quant-ph/0104104,
  title  = {A Continuous Transition Between Quantum and Classical Mechanics (I)},
  author = {Partha Ghose},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:quant-ph/0104104},
  year   = {2015}
}

Comments

Revised version, to appear in Found. of Phys