Timeline for Linearity of quantum mechanics and nonlinearity of macroscopic physics
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| S Jul 30, 2011 at 15:04 | history | suggested | Sadeq Dousti | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
Corrected some typos and grammatical errors.
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| Nov 22, 2010 at 17:27 | comment | added | unsym | I agree it is not a good question though. | |
| Nov 22, 2010 at 17:26 | history | edited | unsym | CC BY-SA 2.5 |
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| Nov 22, 2010 at 17:20 | comment | added | unsym | Thanks for the correction. I mixed the deterministic and non-linear when I just started typing. It is clear that Newton's equation is non-linear cos we can set any force, say $F(x)=x^3$, to make it non-linear. Let's remove that part of answer. | |
| Nov 22, 2010 at 16:22 | comment | added | Raskolnikov | You start with a huge mistake. Newton's equation of motion is in general non-linear. Only for special cases such as the harmonic oscillator is the equation linear. Take for instance Newton's equation for the Kepler problem (two gravitating masses) and see if you can combine two solutions linearly to obtain a new one. It is however correct that linear equations will never lead to chaos, but that doesn't mean that linear equations can't be difficult. As you correctly point out, quantum systems have exponentially more variables as compared to their classical counterparts. | |
| Nov 22, 2010 at 16:04 | vote | accept | Andy Bale | ||
| Nov 22, 2010 at 14:44 | history | answered | unsym | CC BY-SA 2.5 |