Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Preface
List of Tables
List of Figures
Part I. Principles
Chapter 1. Historical Background – XIXth Century and Beyond
Chapter 2. The Characteristic Function Derivation
Chapter 3. The Entropy Derivation
Chapter 4. The Stochastic Derivation
Chapter 5. Quantum Mechanics and the Central Limit Theorem
Chapter 6. Langevin Equations for Quantum Mechanics
Part II. New Perspectives
Chapter 7. Classical Representation of the Spin
Chapter 8. Operator Formation and Phase Space Distributions
Chapter 9. On Reality, Locality and Bell’s Inequalities
Chapter 10. Indistinguishability
Part III. Relativistic Extension
Chapter 11. Special and General Relativistic Quantum Mechanics
Part IV. Interpretation
Chapter 12. The Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics
References
Index
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