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Quantum mechanics: last stop for reductionism

Quantum Physics 2012-03-19 v1

Abstract

The state space of a homogeneous body is derived under two different assumptions: infinitesimal reducibility and irreducibility. The first assumption leads to a real vector space, used in classical mechanics, while the second one leads to a complex vector space, used in quantum mechanics.

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@article{arxiv.1203.3726,
  title  = {Quantum mechanics: last stop for reductionism},
  author = {Gabriele Carcassi},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1203.3726},
  year   = {2012}
}

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2 pages, no figures

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