Weekly Papers on Quantum Foundations (36)

Quantum aspects of the classical Maxwell’s equations in free space from the perspective of the correspondence principle

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arXiv:2509.02620v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Due to the advent of Quantum Mechanics’ 100th anniversary, we wrote this review paper in order to present a discussion that addresses the foundations of this theory. And since the creation of this Mechanics and other quantum theories was guided by correspondence principles that needed to be identified between them and other well-established physical

Implications of computer science theory for the simulation hypothesis

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physics.hist-ph updates on arXiv.org / 4d

arXiv:2404.16050v3 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: The simulation hypothesis has recently excited renewed interest in the physics and philosophy communities. However, the hypothesis specifically concerns {\textit{computers}} that simulate physical universes. So to formally investigate the hypothesis, we need to understand it in terms of computer science (CS) theory. In addition we need a fo

Einstein’s Hidden Scaffolding, with a Glance at Poincar\’e

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arXiv:2509.02456v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: This paper reconstructs the derivations underlying the kinematical part of Einstein’s 1905 special relativity paper, emphasizing their operational clarity and minimalist use of mathematics. Einstein employed modest tools-algebraic manipulations, Taylor expansions, partial differentials, and functional arguments-yet his method was guided by principles

Origins of the Ising model

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arXiv:2509.00632v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: In 1925, Ernest Ising published a paper analyzing a model proposed in 1920 by Wilhelm Lenz for ferromagnetism. The model is composed of constituent units that take only two states and interact only when they are neighbors. Ising showed that in a linear chain the model does not present an ordered ferromagnetic state, a frustrating but correct result.

The Quantum Formalism Revisited

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arXiv:2506.16480v2 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: For the simple system of a point-like particle in the real line I compile and contrast, starting with a concise table, the structural elements of quantum mechanics with those of classical (statistical) mechanics. Despite many similarities, there are the well-known fundamental differences, following from the algebraic non-commutativity in th

Conformal bootstrap: from Polyakov to our times

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arXiv:2509.02779v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: We trace the history of conformal bootstrap from its early days to our times – a great example of unity of physics. We start by describing little-known details about the origins of conformal field theory in the study of strong interactions and critical phenomena in the 1960s and 1970s. We describe similarities and differences between approaches and

Recasting Schrödinger’s Cloud-Like Entity within Relativistic Geometry

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PhilSci-Archive: No conditions. Results … / 6d

Yasmineh, Salim (2025) . [Preprint]

Equivalent Gravities and Equivalence Principle: Foundations and experimental implications

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PhilSci-Archive: No conditions. Results … / 4d

Mancini, Christian and Tino, Guglielmo Maria and Capozziello, Salvatore (2025) . Foundations of Physics, 55 (69).

Algorithmic Randomness and Probabilistic Laws

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