CONSISTENCY AND LINEARITY IN QUANTUM-THEORY

Authors
CATICHA A
Citation
A. Caticha, CONSISTENCY AND LINEARITY IN QUANTUM-THEORY, Physics letters. A, 244(1-3), 1998, pp. 13-17
Citations number
33
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
Physics letters. A → ACNP
ISSN journal
03759601
Volume
244
Issue
1-3
Year of publication
1998
Pages
13 - 17
Database
ISI
SICI code
0375-9601(1998)244:1-3<13:CALIQ>2.0.ZU;2-L
Abstract
Quantum theory is formulated as the unique way to manipulate amplitude s consistently. The consistency requirement that if an amplitude is ca lculable in two different ways then the two answers must agree leads t o the usual sum and product rules for amplitudes. This implies that th e Schrodinger equation must be linear. (C) 1998 Elsevier Science B.V.