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The Radiation Field, at the Origin of the Quantum Canonical Operators 辐射场，量子经典算子的起源

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Foundations of Physics Pub Date : 2024-07-13 DOI: 10.1007/s10701-024-00775-5

A. M. Cetto, L. de la Peña

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Symplectic Quantization III: Non-relativistic Limit 交映量子化 III：非相对论极限

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Foundations of Physics Pub Date : 2024-07-09 DOI: 10.1007/s10701-024-00783-5

Giacomo Gradenigo, Roberto Livi, Luca Salasnich

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Addendum to ‘On the Nonreality of the PBR Theorem’: Disproof by Generic Counterexample 论 PBR 定理的非现实性 "补遗：通过通用反例进行反证

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Foundations of Physics Pub Date : 2024-07-06 DOI: 10.1007/s10701-024-00780-8

Marcoen J. T. F. Cabbolet

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Correction: Quantum Mechanics Based on an Extended Least Action Principle and Information Metrics of Vacuum Fluctuations 更正：基于扩展最小作用原理和真空波动信息度量的量子力学

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Foundations of Physics Pub Date : 2024-07-05 DOI: 10.1007/s10701-024-00782-6

Jianhao M. Yang

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Quantum Reconstructions as Stepping Stones Toward ψ-Doxastic Interpretations? 量子重构是迈向ψ-哆嗦解释的垫脚石？

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Foundations of Physics Pub Date : 2024-07-03 DOI: 10.1007/s10701-024-00778-2

Philipp Berghofer

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Does Locality Imply Reality of the Wave Function? Hardy’s Theorem Revisited 位置性意味着波函数的现实性吗？哈代定理再探讨

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Foundations of Physics Pub Date : 2024-07-02 DOI: 10.1007/s10701-024-00781-7

Shan Gao

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Comment on Aurélien Drezet’s Defense of Relational Quantum Mechanics 评论奥雷利安-德雷泽对关系量子力学的辩护

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Foundations of Physics Pub Date : 2024-07-02 DOI: 10.1007/s10701-024-00784-4

Jay Lawrence, Marcin Markiewicz, Marek Żukowski

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A Case Study for Leibnizian Ideas in Wolfram Model Wolfram 模型中的莱布尼茨思想案例研究

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Foundations of Physics Pub Date : 2024-06-23 DOI: 10.1007/s10701-024-00777-3

Furkan Semih Dündar

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Has the Problem of the Motion of a Heavy Symmetric Top been Solved in Quadratures? 对称重顶的运动问题是否已用四则运算解决？