Hello all, About a year ago, we had here in undernetphysics what I thought was a fantastic discussion on some of the fundamental interpretational issues of QM....
Hello, I would like second (and more) opinions on comments i received from a physicist in response to my observations on a certain experimental setup designed...
Hi David, Whoa! I started looking at your posted documents. You have obviously done a LOT of work on this over the past year. I can't comment at the moment...
... But, ... Hey Tom, Yup, they've gone through lots of drafts! Keep in mind that Part III, more than I or II, still needs LOTS more revision, in *substance*...
As time passes, the formal entropy of an isolated system goes from the sum over states r, of -P_r ln(P_r) to the sum over states r' of - P_r' ln(P_r') where...
... Yes - there are no insoluble paradoxes (antinomies) in physics. I don't find it surprising someone might wonder how a deterministic, isolated system can...
... All non-equilibrium systems *tend* to move toward equilibrium. This move to equilibrium is attended by entropy increase. At equilibrium, systems will...
Hey Igor, ... it to ... law, ... system ... I can see that this would be true for classical deterministic systems, like for the pre-quantum classical...
That entropy must always increase has to so with chaos, not information. Each system will tend toward chaos over time and less information. [Non-text portions...
Hi David, Since quantum theory is time reversal invariant, the same general ideas work. They are just harder to visualize ;-) The main point is that Wave...
When the discussion is moved to hypothetical systems which have peculiar initial conditions, it would be helpful to define what you mean by the entropy of such...
Integral form of the math easily demonstrates vr's concept, but few outside engineering and mathematics can visualize an integral. Obviously, the general form...
Taking the classical picture still, in order stop all the billard ball-air particles in their tracks and reversing their momentum would require an external...
... I was not trying to describe a Maxwell's demon. The reversed momentum system is an entirely separate system that instead of showing increasing entropy...
Hello Listmembers, I am thinking of acquiring and going through a textbook on thermodynamics. In my research so far i have come to the tentative conclusion...
Dear CelalB, Wednesday, January 19, 2005, 5:16:00 PM, you wrote: Coau> I am thinking of acquiring and going through a textbook on Coau> thermodynamics. It...
Thank you Yuri, These books are a lot of money so your advice is very helpful indeed. Do you have any views about F.Mandl's "Statistical Physics" ? It looks...
There is at least some small probability that the balls will stop and reverse on their own, but as you say, entropy considerations make that possibility...
Hi Celal, I'd like to add my two cents worth about the best thermodynamics text. I can relate to this because thermo was one of the hardest topics for me when...
Hey eager b, I think that what you are essentially saying is that the schrodinger equation is time-reversible. The question in my mind is whether QM in general...
Thank you Scott for your discussion and recommendations. I am not yet familiar with Liouville's Theorem but have been thinking a lot lately about phase space...
My pleasure, Celal. If you want an excellent barely-mathematical intro to Liouville's theorem, it's in the Penrose (Emporer's New Mind) section entitled...
Hi David, Wow! You have produced quite a magnum opus in your "Foundations of QM" series. You're quite right that I am fascinated by this. You have probably...
Hey Scott! Glad to see you here. I'm pretty busy too, so I hope my replies aren't too slow in the coming. ... I actually don't really know GR all that well...
Hello Tom, Yes, it does appear that information has increased in the end , however, i think this is misleading since i think he is mispecifying the initial...
... (I ... particular, ... That's an interesting way of looking at things. Haven't seen the book but your description makes the idea pretty clear. To relate it...
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