Published January 1989
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Journal article
Chaos, ineffectiveness, and the contrast between classical and quantal physics
Description
Classical and quantal physics are fundamentally different in the way that each deals with complexity. The author examines both the algorithmic and the computational aspects of this difference. Any comprehensive deterministic theory must contain a certain ineffectiveness in producing long-term predictions of the future, whereas a probabilistic theory is not so handicapped. The relevance of these considerations to chaos is discussed
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Foundations of Physics
- Journal Volume
- 19
- Journal Issue
- 1
- Series
- Found. Phys.
- Journal Page Range
- 57-76
- ISSN
- 0015-9018
- CODEN
- FNDPA
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- United States
- INIS RN
- 20049869
- Subject category
- S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS;
- Descriptors DEI
- ALGORITHMS; CLASSICAL MECHANICS; COMPARATIVE EVALUATIONS; COMPUTER CALCULATIONS; EFFICIENCY; EIGENFUNCTIONS; EIGENVALUES; FORECASTING; HAMILTONIANS; HARMONIC OSCILLATOR MODELS; PARTICLE MOBILITY; PROBABILITY; PROGRAMMING; QUANTUM MECHANICS; STATISTICAL MECHANICS; STATISTICS
- Descriptors DEC
- EVALUATION; FUNCTIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATHEMATICAL OPERATORS; MATHEMATICS; MECHANICS; MOBILITY; QUANTUM OPERATORS