29 November 2021 to 3 December 2021
UiB
Europe/Oslo timezone

Discreteness and Determinism in Quantum Mechanics

Not scheduled
20m
UiB

UiB

Allegaten 55
Wednesday Plenary

Speaker

Gerardus 't Hooft (Utrecht University)

Description

Quantum mechanics is usually considered to be a theory based on indeterminism. Here we show that its mathematics actually suggests a completely deterministic underlying theory. This requires evolution operators that describe discretised jumps in space and time. To understand how the known elementary particles, arranged in the Standard Model, can be reconciled with this picture, the discrete and continuous symmetries must be understood. This could open new avenues towards model building.
We also briefly discuss the implications regarding Bell's theorem.

Authors

Prof. Gerard 't Hooft (University of Utrecht) Gerardus 't Hooft (Utrecht University)

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