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The Logic of Quantum Mechanics - take II - Perimeter Institute

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— genesis —<br />

[von Neumann 1932] Formalized quantum mechanics<br />

in “Mathematische Grundlagen der Quantenmechanik”<br />

[von Neumann to Birkh<strong>of</strong>f 1935] “I would like to<br />

make a confession which may seem immoral: I do not<br />

believe absolutely in Hilbert space no more.” (sic)<br />

[Birkh<strong>of</strong>f and von Neumann 1936] <strong>The</strong> <strong>Logic</strong> <strong>of</strong><br />

<strong>Quantum</strong> <strong>Mechanics</strong> in Annals <strong>of</strong> Mathematics.<br />

[1936 – 2000] many followed them, ... and FAILED.

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