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200 10$aCausality, measurement theory and the differentiable structure of space-time /$fRathindra Nath Sen$b[electronic resource]
210  1$aCambridge :$cCambridge University Press,$d2010.
215   $a1 online resource (xx, 391 pages) $cdigital, PDF file(s)
225 1 $aCambridge monographs on mathematical physics
300   $aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
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311   $a0-521-88054-8 
320   $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [370]-379) and index.
327   $apt. 1. Causality and differentiable structure -- pt. 2. Geometrical points and measurement theory.
330   $aIntroducing graduate students and researchers to mathematical physics, this book discusses two recent developments: the demonstration that causality can be defined on discrete space-times; and Sewell's measurement theory, in which the wave packet is reduced without recourse to the observer's conscious ego, nonlinearities or interaction with the rest of the universe. The definition of causality on a discrete space-time assumes that space-time is made up of geometrical points. Using Sewell's measurement theory, the author concludes that the notion of geometrical points is as meaningful in quantum mechanics as it is in classical mechanics, and that it is impossible to tell whether the differential calculus is a discovery or an invention. Providing a mathematical discourse on the relation between theoretical and experimental physics, the book gives detailed accounts of the mathematically difficult measurement theories of von Neumann and Sewell.
410  0$aCambridge monographs on mathematical physics.
517 3 $aCausality, Measurement Theory & the Differentiable Structure of Space-Time
606   $aMathematical physics
615  0$aMathematical physics.
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