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Unitary inequivalence in classical systems

Benjamin H. Feintzeig

pp. 2685-2705

Abstrakt

Ruetsche (Interpreting quantum theories, 2011) argues that a problem of unitarily inequivalent representations arises in quantum theories with infinitely many degrees of freedom. I provide an algebraic formulation of classical field theories and show that unitarily inequivalent representations arise there as well. I argue that the classical case helps us rule out one possible response to the problem of unitarily inequivalent representations called Hilbert Space Conservatism.

Publication details

Published in:

(2016) Synthese 193 (9).

Seiten: 2685-2705

DOI: 10.1007/s11229-015-0875-1

Referenz:

Feintzeig Benjamin H. (2016) „Unitary inequivalence in classical systems“. Synthese 193 (9), 2685–2705.