The basic ideas of quantum mechanics

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2509.15819v2
• Date: Sat, 08 Nov 2025 14:26:56 GMT
• Title: The basic ideas of quantum mechanics
• Authors: David Ellerman,
• Abstract summary: This does not tell one how those basic gears' all mesh together in the beautiful mathematics of QM.<n>This does give one some intuitive (textitanschaulich) ideas about the quantum reality described in the seemingly hard-to-interpret mathematical framework.
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• Abstract: For a century, quantum theorists have been reading the mathematical entrails of quantum mechanics (QM) to divine the nature of quantum reality. But to little avail. In this paper a different approach is taken, namely to identify and explain the basic intuitive ideas involved in QM. This does not tell one how those basic `gears' all mesh together in the beautiful mathematics of QM. But this does give one some intuitive (\textit{anschaulich})) ideas about the quantum reality described in the seemingly hard-to-interpret mathematical framework.

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