The theory of the positron and related topics. (Report of a seminar.) Notes by Dr. Banesh Hoffmann. Princeton: Institute for Advanced Study, 1935-36. Including Appendix: Foundations of quantum theory, by Pauli. Reproduced typescript

PAULI, Wolfgang

Erscheinungsdatum: 1936

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First edition, extremely rare. During the academic year 1935/36, Pauli visited the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton and ran a seminar on The theory of the positron and related topics. He summarized his views in a lecture on 'The foundations of quantum theory.' Commenting on Dirac's theory of the electron, he suggested that "in this attempt the success seems to have been on the side of Dirac rather than of logic." Pauli furthermore indicated he believed "that quantum theory is always successful when describing systems with a finite number of degrees of freedom, but when dealing with systems possessing infinitely many degrees of freedom it causes divergent results to appear … The theory of holes postulates an infinite number of electrons, and therefore comes into the same category." He went on: "It seems to me that our present methods are not fundamental enough, and there are two possibilities for overcoming the difficulties. The first is to change our concept of space and time in small regions. The second, to change the concept of state for systems with an infinite number of degrees of freedom" (Schweber, QED and the men who made it, p. 84). No copies listed on COPAC, no copies in auction records. 4to, ff. [iii], 172, xi, printed on recto only. Original cloth-backed plain wrappers. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers ABE-1471197845589

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Titel: The theory of the positron and related ...

Erscheinungsdatum: 1936

Einband: Soft cover

Zustand: Very Good

Auflage: 1st Edition