The Quantum Mechanics Conundrum - Interpretation and Foundations

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This comprehensive volume gives a balanced and systematic treatment of both the interpretation and the mathematical-conceptual foundations of quantum mechanics. It is written in a pedagogical style and addresses many thorny problems of fundamental physics. The first aspect concerns Interpretation. The author raises the central problems: formalism, measurement, non-locality, and causality. The main positions on these subjects are presented and critically analysed. The aim is to show that the main schools can converge on a core interpretation. The second aspect concerns Foundations. Here it is shown that the whole theory can be grounded on information theory. The distinction between information and signal leads us to integrating quantum mechanics and relativity. Category theory is presented and its significance for quantum information shown; the logic and epistemological bases of the theory are assessed. Of relevance to all physicists and philosophers with an interest in quantum theory and its foundations, this book is destined to become a classic work. Front Matter ....Pages i-xxvi Summary of the Basic Elements of the Theory (Gennaro Auletta)....Pages 1-128 The Main Problems (Gennaro Auletta)....Pages 129-213 The Main Interpretations (Gennaro Auletta)....Pages 215-363 Quantum Computation (Gennaro Auletta)....Pages 365-404 Ontological Ascription and Operations (Gennaro Auletta)....Pages 405-496 Information and Signal Exchanging in Universal Network (Gennaro Auletta)....Pages 497-597 Quantum Mechanics, Fields and Geometry (Gennaro Auletta)....Pages 599-716 Category Theory and Quantum Mechanics (Gennaro Auletta)....Pages 717-835 Back Matter ....Pages 837-863