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Single Idea 19947
[filed under theme 27. Natural Reality / C. Space / 2. Space
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Full Idea
The elements of the abstract mathematical entity called Hilbert Space represent all the possible states of a quantum system
Gist of Idea
Hilbert Space is an abstraction representing all possible states of a quantum system
Source
New Scientist writers (New Scientist articles [2013], 1017.02.04)
Book Ref
-: 'New Scientist magazine' [ 2013], p.31
The
12 ideas
with the same theme
[general ideas about space]:
13180
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Space is the order of coexisting possibles
[Leibniz]
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17736
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We can't learn of space through experience; experience of space needs its representation
[Kant]
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5531
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Space is an a priori necessary basic intuition, as we cannot imagine its absence
[Kant]
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16922
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Space must have three dimensions, because only three lines can meet at right angles
[Kant]
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24096
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Unlike time, space is subjective. Empty space was assumed, but it doesn't exist
[Nietzsche]
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6468
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There is 'private space', and there is also the 'space of perspectives'
[Russell]
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7552
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Six dimensions are needed for a particular, three within its own space, and three to locate that space
[Russell]
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15321
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Space can't be an individual (in space), but it is present in all places
[Harré/Madden]
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21112
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Empty space contains a continual flux of brief virtual particles
[Krauss]
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9922
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If space is really just a force-field, then it is a physical entity
[Burgess/Rosen]
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10683
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We could ignore space, and just talk of the shape of matter
[Hossack]
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19947
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Hilbert Space is an abstraction representing all possible states of a quantum system
[New Sci.]
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