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'''Matrix mechanics''' is a formulation of [[Physics:Quantum mechanics|quantum mechanics]] in which physical quantities are represented by matrices or operators. It was developed by [[Biography:Werner Heisenberg|Werner Heisenberg]], [[Biography:Max Born|Max Born]], and Pascual Jordan in 1925.
'''Matrix mechanics''' is a formulation of [[Physics:Quantum mechanics|quantum mechanics]] in which physical quantities are represented by matrices or operators. It was developed by [[Biography:Werner Heisenberg|Werner Heisenberg]], [[Biography:Max Born|Max Born]], and Pascual Jordan in 1925.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Heisenberg |first=Werner |title=Über quantentheoretische Umdeutung kinematischer und mechanischer Beziehungen |journal=Zeitschrift für Physik |year=1925 |volume=33 |pages=879-893 |doi=10.1007/BF01328377}}</ref>
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This non-commutative structure is one of the mathematical roots of the [[Physics:Quantum Uncertainty principle|uncertainty principle]].
This non-commutative structure is one of the mathematical roots of the [[Physics:Quantum Uncertainty principle|uncertainty principle]].


Matrix mechanics was later shown to be equivalent to [[Physics:Quantum Schrödinger equation|wave mechanics]], but it remains a natural language for spin, finite-dimensional systems, quantum information, and operator methods.
Matrix mechanics was later shown to be equivalent to [[Physics:Quantum Schrödinger equation|wave mechanics]]<ref>{{Cite book |last=Dirac |first=Paul A. M. |title=The Principles of Quantum Mechanics |edition=4th revised |location=New York |publisher=Oxford University Press |year=1981 |isbn=0-19-852011-5}}</ref>, but it remains a natural language for spin, finite-dimensional systems, quantum information, and operator methods.


== Historical names ==
== Historical names ==
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== References ==
== References ==
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* {{Cite book |last=Green |first=Herbert S. |title=Matrix Mechanics |location=Groningen |publisher=P. Noordhoff |year=1965 |asin=B0006BMIP8}}
* {{Cite journal |last=Heisenberg |first=Werner |title=Über quantentheoretische Umdeutung kinematischer und mechanischer Beziehungen |journal=Zeitschrift für Physik |year=1925 |volume=33 |pages=879-893 |doi=10.1007/BF01328377}}
* {{Cite journal |last=Pauli |first=Wolfgang |title=Über das Wasserstoffspektrum vom Standpunkt der neuen Quantenmechanik |journal=Zeitschrift für Physik |year=1926 |volume=36 |issue=5 |pages=336-363 |doi=10.1007/BF01450175}}
* {{Cite book |last=Dirac |first=Paul A. M. |title=The Principles of Quantum Mechanics |edition=4th revised |location=New York |publisher=Oxford University Press |year=1981 |isbn=0-19-852011-5}}


{{Author|Harold Foppele}}
{{Author|Harold Foppele}}

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Matrix mechanics is a formulation of quantum mechanics in which physical quantities are represented by matrices or operators. It was developed by Werner Heisenberg, Max Born, and Pascual Jordan in 1925.[1]

Matrix mechanics represents observables by arrays or operators whose order may matter.

Description

In matrix mechanics, observables such as position, momentum, and energy are represented by mathematical objects that do not always commute. The order of multiplication can matter:

AB≠BA

This non-commutative structure is one of the mathematical roots of the uncertainty principle.

Matrix mechanics was later shown to be equivalent to wave mechanics[2], but it remains a natural language for spin, finite-dimensional systems, quantum information, and operator methods.

Historical names

  • Werner Heisenberg introduced the first form of matrix mechanics.
  • Max Born and Pascual Jordan recognized and developed the matrix structure of the theory.

See also

Table of contents (217 articles)

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References

  1. ↑ Heisenberg, Werner (1925). "Über quantentheoretische Umdeutung kinematischer und mechanischer Beziehungen". Zeitschrift für Physik 33: 879-893. doi:10.1007/BF01328377. 
  2. ↑ Dirac, Paul A. M. (1981). The Principles of Quantum Mechanics (4th revised ed.). New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-852011-5. 


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