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from II - Mathematics and physics preliminaries
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 July 2013
Mathematical formalism of quantum mechanics: brief introduction
In this chapter, we present basic notions of quantum mechanics, and we emphasize “quantum mathematics.” To posit that the mathematical formalism of quantum mechanics can be used outside of quantum physics (as in sociology, economics, or finance) may be of interest. If one can steer away from merely positing and veer instead into convincing the reader that such a position is tenable, then some achievement has been booked. But the price to pay is that the formalism of quantum mechanics needs to be uncovered: how else can one judge whether what we posit is senseful? Thus, a reader can either (i) formally accept our viewpoint about the quantum-like paradigm (see Khrennikov [1]), or (ii) ask for a detailed analysis of the quantum foundations which would justify this paradigm. In the first case, it may well be sufficient to skip this chapter (but we should suggest to attempt to include Chapter 3). In the second case, we invite especially those readers who are concerned about the fact that the formal usage of the mathematical formalism of quantum mechanics may transfer major problems of quantum foundations to social science, economics, and finance, to read the present chapter carefully.
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