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Quantum mechanics explained

Quantum Physics 2009-02-18 v2

Abstract

The physical motivation for the mathematical formalism of quantum mechanics is made clear and compelling by starting from an obvious fact - essentially, the stability of matter - and inquiring into its preconditions: what does it take to make this fact possible?

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@article{arxiv.quant-ph/0607005,
  title  = {Quantum mechanics explained},
  author = {Ulrich Mohrhoff},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:quant-ph/0607005},
  year   = {2009}
}

Comments

29 pages, 5 figures. v2: revised in response to referee comments