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> “At the outset, it wasn’t clear that quantum chaos would even exist,” says Yan. “The equations of quantum physics give no immediate indication of it.” Aren't
by oezi 2y ago
> “At the outset, it wasn’t clear that quantum chaos would even exist,” says Yan. “The equations of quantum physics give no immediate indication of it.”
Aren't the Copenhagen interpretation and Heisenberg uncertainty principle an immediate indication that Quantum systems can only be chaotic?
- sieste 2y agoI think they are referring to the mathematical definition of "chaotic" (sensitivity to initial conditions, topological mixing, dense periodic orbits) which some equations and dynamical systems satisfy, but that was not immediately clear for the governing equations of QM.
- Vox_Leone 2y ago>>Aren't the Copenhagen interpretation and Heisenberg uncertainty principle an immediate indication that Quantum systems can only be chaotic? Quantum systems are not chaotic but intrinsically indeterminate, insofar as the initial conditions of a system have no relation to the observed state. Chaotic systems are deterministic, and therefore classical. Quantum chaos tools attempt to bridge the gap. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantum_chaos https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantum_chaos