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It illustrates what he saw as the problem of the Copenhagen interpretation of quantum mechanics applied to everyday objects. The scenario presents a hypothetical cat that may be simultaneously both alive and dead, a state known as a quantum superposition, as a result of being linked to a random subatomic event that may or may not occur. | It illustrates what he saw as the problem of the Copenhagen interpretation of quantum mechanics applied to everyday objects. The scenario presents a hypothetical cat that may be simultaneously both alive and dead, a state known as a quantum superposition, as a result of being linked to a random subatomic event that may or may not occur. | ||
| − | The thought experiment is also often featured in theoretical discussions of the interpretations of quantum mechanics. Schrödinger coined the term ''Verschränkung'' (quantum entanglement) in the course of developing the thought experiment.<ref> | + | The thought experiment is also often featured in theoretical discussions of the interpretations of quantum mechanics. Schrödinger coined the term ''Verschränkung'' (quantum entanglement) in the course of developing the thought experiment.<ref>https://books.google.com/books?id=Y4EBCftoN_oC&pg=PA193&dq=%22schrodinger's+cat%22+%22alive+and+dead%22</ref><ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20150517143009/https://books.google.com/books?id=IxOBm322_lIC&printsec=frontcover&dq=%22schrodinger's+cat%22+%22alive+and+dead%22</ref><ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20150518232812/https://books.google.com/books?id=5t0tm0FB1CsC&pg=PA186&dq=%22alive+and+dead%22</ref><ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20150519001741/https://books.google.com/books?id=Rk7O3EG0Xn4C&pg=PA321&dq=%22alive+and+dead%22</ref><ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20150518222449/https://books.google.com/books?id=X9R6gJ3z9VEC&pg=PA150&dq=%22schrodinger's+cat%22+%22alive+and+dead%22</ref><ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20150518200631/https://books.google.com/books?id=U45esd4umBQC&pg=PA99&dq=%22schrodinger's+cat%22+%22alive+and+dead%22</ref><ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20150519001623/https://books.google.com/books?id=lp4JPYnLrtEC&pg=PA67&dq=%22schrodinger's+cat%22+%22alive+dead</ref> |
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Latest revision as of 05:29, 30 July 2021
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Schrödinger's cat is a thought experiment, sometimes described as a paradox, devised by Austrian physicist Erwin Schrödinger in 1935.[1]
It illustrates what he saw as the problem of the Copenhagen interpretation of quantum mechanics applied to everyday objects. The scenario presents a hypothetical cat that may be simultaneously both alive and dead, a state known as a quantum superposition, as a result of being linked to a random subatomic event that may or may not occur.
The thought experiment is also often featured in theoretical discussions of the interpretations of quantum mechanics. Schrödinger coined the term Verschränkung (quantum entanglement) in the course of developing the thought experiment.[2][3][4][5][6][7][8]
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References
- ↑ Die gegenwärtige Situation in der Quantenmechanik (The present situation in quantum mechanics), Erwin Schrödinger, 1935
- ↑ https://books.google.com/books?id=Y4EBCftoN_oC&pg=PA193&dq=%22schrodinger's+cat%22+%22alive+and+dead%22
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20150517143009/https://books.google.com/books?id=IxOBm322_lIC&printsec=frontcover&dq=%22schrodinger's+cat%22+%22alive+and+dead%22
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20150518232812/https://books.google.com/books?id=5t0tm0FB1CsC&pg=PA186&dq=%22alive+and+dead%22
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20150519001741/https://books.google.com/books?id=Rk7O3EG0Xn4C&pg=PA321&dq=%22alive+and+dead%22
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20150518222449/https://books.google.com/books?id=X9R6gJ3z9VEC&pg=PA150&dq=%22schrodinger's+cat%22+%22alive+and+dead%22
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20150518200631/https://books.google.com/books?id=U45esd4umBQC&pg=PA99&dq=%22schrodinger's+cat%22+%22alive+and+dead%22
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20150519001623/https://books.google.com/books?id=lp4JPYnLrtEC&pg=PA67&dq=%22schrodinger's+cat%22+%22alive+dead
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