To: snarks_when_bored
Adrian Schwinger (at least as much a big dog physics guy as Feynman was) believed Feynman's view of quantum mechanics to be fundamentally flawed. It has to do with reconciling Maxwell's equations with quantum theory.
If Feynman is correct I read that quantum computation is possible, and, if not, is not.
There is a fairly respectable group of physics people who say that the observed behavior of GPS satellites violates Relativity theory. Therefore relativity theory is wrong. These guys are pretty far up there in the physics world as far as I can tell.
Everybody wants to believe that they know what they are doing. I doubt anyone does.
66 posted on
09/15/2006 9:34:44 AM PDT by
Iris7
(Dare to be pigheaded! Stubborn! "Tolerance" is not a virtue!)
To: Iris7
There is a fairly respectable group of physics people who say that the observed behavior of GPS satellites violates Relativity theory. I don't think that's true. GPS positioning uses a leading order correction based on General Relativity to compensate their positioning. Without it the satellites would lose several meters of accuracy every day.
68 posted on
09/15/2006 10:10:21 AM PDT by
Quark2005
("Do not give dogs what is sacred; do not throw your pearls to pigs." -Matthew 7:6)
To: Iris7
Adrian Schwinger (at least as much a big dog physics guy as Feynman was) believed Feynman's view of quantum mechanics to be fundamentally flawed. It has to do with reconciling Maxwell's equations with quantum theory. If Feynman is correct I read that quantum computation is possible, and, if not, is not.
The Schwinger-Tomonaga operator-theoretic approach to quantum electrodynamics was shown to be equivalent to the Feynman sum-over-histories approach by none other than Freeman Dyson (an act which secured Dyson a permanent faculty appointment at the Institute for Advanced Studies).
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