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This is a little too simplistic/misleading - yes, QM is linear in terms of states, vector spaces and operators acting on states (its just functional analysis [
by ks1723 6y ago
This is a little too simplistic/misleading
- yes, QM is linear in terms of states, vector spaces and operators acting on states (its just functional analysis [1])
- it’s not linear in terms of how probability distributions and states behave under the action of forces and multi-body interactions (see, eg correlated phenomena like phase transitions, magnetism, superconductivity etc)
[1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Functional_analysis https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Functional_analysis