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Banach Space representations of physical systems
I think most physicists mostly model physical systems as some kind of Hilbert space.
Hilbert spaces are a strict subset of Banach spaces.
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Can physical systems really have non-compact ...
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Reason for the discreteness arising in quantum mechanics?
What is the most essential reason that actually leads to the quantization. I am reading the book on quantum mechanics by Griffiths. The quanta in the infinite potential well for e.g. arise due to the ...
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What are the justifying foundations of statistical mechanics without appealing to the ergodic hypothesis?
This question was listed as one of the questions in the proposal (see here), and I didn't know the answer. I don't know the ethics on blatantly stealing such a question, so if it should be deleted or ...
