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Revisit: Hamiltonian Quantum Mechanics

  • Energy operator generates the wave function,

    • according to Schrödinger’s time-dependent equation
  • Propensity wave generates the actual measurement

    • according to Born’s Probability Rule for |?|2
  • Actual measurements = selections of alternate histories

  • ‘Energy’, ‘propensity waves’ are two kinds of propensity.

    ‘Active Energy’

    Propensity Wave

    Actual Outcome

    (Hamiltonian Operator)

    (Wave function)

    (Measurement)

    Schrödinger Equation

    Born’s Probability Rule

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Author: I.J. Thompson (except as stated)

Email: IJT@generativescience.org