The `miracle' of applicability? The curious case of the simple harmonic oscillator

DOI10.1007/s10701-018-0152-5zbMath1394.81012OpenAlexW2792548153WikidataQ130095641 ScholiaQ130095641MaRDI QIDQ725491

Robert H. C. Moir, Sorin Bangu

Publication date: 1 August 2018

Published in: Foundations of Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10701-018-0152-5

zbMATH Keywords

applicability of mathematicsWignersimple harmonic oscillator

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

General and philosophical questions in quantum theory (81P05)

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