Mathematische Grundlagen der Quantenmechanik
Book
Formal Antecedent
Foundations and Logic
Citation
John von Neumann. (1932). Mathematische Grundlagen der Quantenmechanik. Springer.
Why this reference is included
von Neumann’s Mathematische Grundlagen der Quantenmechanik (1932), published by Springer, sits in the program’s reference corpus as a standing technical source. Cited across Book IV (Categorical Microcosm), Part 2, Chapter The Holomorphic State Space; Book IV (Categorical Microcosm), Part 2, Chapter Measurement and the Schrödinger Equation — the central framing is “Historical Context: From von Neumann to τ^3 The Hilbert space formalism for quantum mechanics was systematized by John von Neumann in his 1932 masterwork”.
Cited in
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Book IV — Categorical Microcosm Part 2Chapter The Holomorphic State Space
Historical Context: From von Neumann to τ^3 The Hilbert space formalism for quantum mechanics was systematized by John von Neumann in his 1932 masterwork
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Book IV — Categorical Microcosm Part 2Chapter Measurement and the Schrödinger Equation
Von Neumann's 1932 formalization introduced two distinct evolution processes: (1) unitary Schr\"odinger evolution when not observed, and (2) discontinuous ``projection'' upon measurement