On a maximum principle for minimal surfaces and their integrable discrete counterparts

A novel maximum principle for both classical and discrete minimal surfaces is recorded. In the discrete setting, the maximum principle is based on purely geometric notions of discrete Gaußian and mean curvatures and parallel discrete surfaces. As an additional confirmation of the validity of these notions, a discrete analogue of a classical theorem for linear Weingarten surfaces is obtained. Connections with the ‘parallel surface method’ utilized in condensed matter physics are discussed.     

Logical foundation of quantum mechanics

The subject of this article is the reconstruction of quantum mechanics on the basis of a formal language of quantum mechanical propositions. During recent years, research in the foundations of the language of science has given rise to adialogic semantics that is adequate in the case of a formal language for quantum physics. The system ofsequential logic which is comprised by the language is more general than classical logic; it includes the classical system as a special case. Although the system of sequential logic can be founded without reference to the empirical content of quantum physical propositions, it establishes an essential part of the structure of the mathematical formalism used in quantum mechanics. It is the purpose of this paper to demonstrate the connection between the formal language of quantum physics and its representation by mathematical structures in a self-contained way.     

A probabilistic analysis of the difficulties of unifying quantum mechanics with the theory of relativity

A procedure is given for the transformation of quantum mechanical operator equations into stochastic equations. The stochastic equations reveal a simple correlation between quantum mechanics and classical mechanics: Quantum mechanics operates with “optimal estimations,” classical mechanics is the limit of “complete information.” In this connection, Schrödinger's substitution relationsp _x → -i? ?/?x, etc, reveal themselves as exact mathematical transformation formulas. The stochastic version of quantum mechanical equations provides an explanation for the difficulties in correlating quantum mechanics and the theory of relativity: In physics “time” is always thought of as a numerical parameter; but in the present formalism of physics “time” is described by two formally totally different quantities. One of these two “times” is a numerical parameter and the other a random variable. This last concept of time shows all the properties required by the theory of relativity and is therefore to be considered as the relativistic time.     

Non-Kolmogorovian Approach to the Context-Dependent Systems Breaking the Classical Probability Law

There exist several phenomena breaking the classical probability laws. The systems related to such phenomena are context-dependent, so that they are adaptive to other systems. In this paper, we present a new mathematical formalism to compute the joint probability distribution for two event-systems by using concepts of the adaptive dynamics and quantum information theory, e.g., quantum channels and liftings. In physics the basic example of the context-dependent phenomena is the famous double-slit experiment. Recently similar examples have been found in biological and psychological sciences. Our approach is an extension of traditional quantum probability theory, and it is general enough to describe aforementioned contextual phenomena outside of quantum physics.     

Quantum theory as an indication of a new order in physics. Part A. The development of new orders as shown through the history of physics

In this paper, we discuss the general significance of order in physics, as a first step toward the development of new notions of order. We begin with a brief historical discussion of the notions of order underlying ancient Greek views, and then go on to show how these changed in key ways with the rise of classical physics. This leads to a broader view of the significance of order, which helps to indicate what is to be meant by a change of our general notions of order in physics. We then go into relativity and quantum theory, showing how these developments actually did bring in further new notions of order, which are however inconsistent and otherwise inadequate in certain ways. Finally, using these inconsistencies and inadequacies as clues or indications for yet a further new concept of order, we make some proposals for novel directions of inquiry (to be discussed in some detail in later papers) which could lead to theories as different from relativity and quantum theory as these are from classical physics.     

Analytical Bethe Ansatz,Canonical Bäcklund Transformation and Q-Operator For A New Discrete Integrable Heirarchy

A new discrete heiarchy of integrable equations is generated from a new Lax Operator and a canonical Bäcklund transformation of the system is derived using Sklyanin’s formalism, based on the classical r-matrix. By quantising the system a quantum analogue of the corresponding canonical Bäcklund transformation is obtained and certain properties of the associated Q-operator are examined. Finally the analytical Bethe Ansatz is used to solve for the spectrum.     

Difference Discrete Variational Principles,Euler—Lagrange Cohomology and Symplectic,Multisymplectic Structures Ⅲ：Application to Symplectic and Multisymplectic Algorithms

In the previous papers I and II,we have studied the difference discrete variational principle and the Euler-Lagrange cohomology in the framework of multi-parameter differential approach.We have gotten the difference discrete Euler-Lagrange equations and canonical ones for the difference discrete versions of classical mechanics and field theory as well as the difference discrete versions for the Euler-Lagrange cohomology and applied them to get the necessary and sufficient condition for the symplectic or multisymplectic geometry preserving properties in both the lagrangian and Hamiltonian formalisms.In this paper,we apply the difference discrete variational principle and Euler-Lagrange cohomological approach directly to the symplectic and multisymplectic algorithms.We will show that either Hamiltonian schemes of Lagrangian ones in both the symplectic and multisymplectic algorithms are variational integrators and their difference discrete symplectic structure-preserving properties can always be established not only in the solution space but also in the function space if and only if the related closed Euler-Lagrange cohomological conditions are satisfied.     

Questioning the equivalence principle

The Equivalence Principle (EP) is not one of the ‘universal’ principles of physics (like the action principle). It is a heuristic hypothesis which was introduced by Einstein in 1907, and used by him to construct his theory of general relativity. In modern language, the (Einsteinian) EP consists in assuming that the only long-range field with gravitational-strength couplings to matter is a massless spin-2 field. Modern unification theories, and notably string theory, suggest the existence of new fields (in particular, scalar fields: ‘dilaton’ and ‘moduli’) with gravitational-strength couplings. In most cases the couplings of these new fields ‘violate’ the EP. If the field is long-ranged, these EP violations lead to many observable consequences (variation of ‘constants’, non-universality of free fall, relative drift of atomic clocks, etc.). The best experimental probe of a possible violation of the EP is to compare the free-fall acceleration of different materials.     

Erzwingt die Quantenmechanik eine drastische Änderung unseres Weltbilds? Gedanken und Experimente nach Einstein,Podolsky und Rosen

Do Quantum Mechanics Force us to Drastically Change our View of the World? Thoughts and Experiments after Einstein, Podolsky and Rosen Since the advent of quantum mechanics there have been attempts of its interpretation in terms of statistical theory concerning individual ‘classical’ systems. The very conditions necessary to consider hidden variable theories describing these individual systems as ‘classical’ had been pointed out by Einstein, Podolsky and Rosen in 1935: 1. Physical systems are in principle separable. 2. If it is possible to predict with certainty the value of a physical quantity without disturbing the system under consideration, then there exists an element of physical reality corresponding to this physical quantity. Together they are, as was shown by Bell in 1964, incompatible in principle with quantum mechanics and no more tenable in view of recent experiments. These experiments once more corroborate quantum theory. In order to understand their results we are forced either to drop the assumption of separability of physical systems (taken for self-evident in classical physics) or to change our concept of physical reality. After investigating the notion of separability and connecting the ‘EPR-correlations’ to the measurement problem we, conclude that a change of the concept of physical reality is indispensable. The revised concept should be compatible with both classical and quantum physics in order to allow a uniform view of the physical world.