Stern-Gerlach Experiments and Complex Numbers in Quantum Physics

2012/07/09 by S. Sivakumar, Sivakumar, S.
Physics and Astronomy · #FOS: Physical sciences #Quantum Physics (quant-ph) #quant-ph

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1207.2419

arxiv created 2012/07/09 · arxiv updated 2012/07/16

Abstract

It is often stated that complex numbers are essential in quantum theory. In this article, the need for complex numbers in quantum theory is motivated using the results of tandem Stern-Gerlach experiments

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