Quantum theory as the most robust description of reproducible experiments: application to a rigid linear rotator

H. De Raedt; M. I. Katsnelson; K. Michielsen

doi:10.1117/12.2026998

1 October 2013 Quantum theory as the most robust description of reproducible experiments: application to a rigid linear rotator

H. De Raedt, M. I. Katsnelson, K. Michielsen

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Proceedings Volume 8832, The Nature of Light: What are Photons? V; 883212 (2013) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2026998
Event: SPIE Optical Engineering + Applications, 2013, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

It is shown that the Schr¨odinger equation of a rigid linear rotator can be obtained from a straightforward application of logical inference, providing another illustration that basic equations of quantum theory follow from inductive inference, applied to experiments for which there is uncertainty about individual events and for which the frequencies of the observed events are robust with respect to small changes in the conditions under which the experiments are carried out.

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H. De Raedt, M. I. Katsnelson, and K. Michielsen "Quantum theory as the most robust description of reproducible experiments: application to a rigid linear rotator", Proc. SPIE 8832, The Nature of Light: What are Photons? V, 883212 (1 October 2013); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2026998

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