Quantization Conditions, 1900-1927
History and Philosophy of Physics
2020-03-11 v1 Quantum Physics
Abstract
We trace the evolution of quantization conditions from Planck's introduction of a new fundamental constant (h) in his treatment of blackbody radiation in 1900 to Heisenberg's interpretation of the commutation relations of modern quantum mechanics in terms of his uncertainty principle in 1927.
Cite
@article{arxiv.2003.04466,
title = {Quantization Conditions, 1900-1927},
author = {Anthony Duncan and Michel Janssen},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2003.04466},
year = {2020}
}
Comments
This essay was written for the Oxford Handbook of the History of Interpretations and Foundations of Quantum Mechanics edited by Olival Freire Jr. and others