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Foundations of Quantum Theory From Classical Concepts to Operator Algebras / by Landsman, Klaas

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- Part I Co(X) and B(H): Classical physics on a finite phase space -- Quantum mechanics on a finite-dimensional Hilbert space -- Classical physics on a general phase space -- Quantum physics on a general Hilbert space -- Symmetry in quantum mechanics -- Part II Between Co(X) and B(H): Classical models of quantum mechanics -- Limits: Small hbar -- Limits: large N -- Symmetry in algebraic quantum theory -- Spontaneous Symmetry Breaking -- The Measurement Problem -- Topos theory and quantum logic -- Appendix A: Finite-dimensional Hilbert spaces -- Appendix B: Basic functional analysis -- Appendix C: Operator algebras -- Appendix D: Lattices and logic -- Appendix E: Category theory and topos theory -- References.…”
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