Quantum Mechanics Articles

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Quantum mechanics describes the behavior of microscopic particles such as electrons.
It uses wave functions to calculate the probabilities of measurement outcomes.
This site explores the strange and fascinating ideas that arise from quantum theory.

Animation of a Rotating Electron Wave Function

Quantum Mechanics

• The Double-Slit Experiment: An Introduction to Quantum Theory (2014/1/26)
• The Mystery of Particle Lifetimes: Why Do Particles Decay? (2014/9/10)
• Thin-Film Interference and Anti-Reflective Coatings (2014/9/11)
• Schrödinger's Cat: Explaining the Famous Quantum Paradox (2014/9/12)

The Wave Function

• What Does the Wave Function Represent? (2013/6/30)
• Spin in Quantum Mechanics: Is It Really a Rotation? (2014/9/1)
• Bell's Inequality Explained with Venn Diagrams (2018/9/2)
• Animation of a Rotating Electron Wave Function (2013/6/30)

Many-Worlds Interpretation

• The Many-Worlds Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics (2013/6/22)
• The Arrow of Time: Why Does Time Flow Forward? (2013/9/28)
• Questions About the Many-Worlds Interpretation (2014/1/11)
• The Many-Worlds Interpretation and the Born Rule (2014/9/18)

Theory of Relativity

• The Equivalence Principle and the Origin of Gravity (2014/2/11)
• Bell's Spaceship Paradox and Lorentz Contraction (2015/1/12)

Zeta Function

• Zeta Functions and Bernoulli Numbers: Infinite Sums and Regularization (2015/4/25)
• Mandelbrot Sets Generated from the Riemann Zeta Function (2013/9/28)
• Do Imaginary Numbers Exist? A Matrix View (2015/7/5)
• Actual Infinity and Potential Infinity: Two Views of Infinity (2015/8/3)

The Born Rule

• The Born Rule in Quantum Mechanics: Can It Be Derived? (2014/12/23)
• The Mystery of Existence: Is the Universe a Mathematical Fact? (2014/10/4)
• Event Theory: Time and Elementary Events (2014/2/23)

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