Foundations and Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics: In the Light of a Critical-Historical Analysis of the Problems and of a Synthesis of the Results Book

	Introduction	1
1	Short Review of Classical Canonical Formalism	9
I	Basic Formalism and Extensions of Quantum Mechanics	13
2	Where the Problems Begin	17
3	Basic Quantum Mechanics	25
4	Relativistic Quantum Mechanics	67
5	Quantum Optics	79
II	The Copenhagen Interpretation	95
6	First Interpretations of Quantum Mechanics	99
7	Uncertainty Principle	117
8	The Complementarity Principle	135
III	First Foundations of Quantum Mechanics	151
9	QM Axiomatics	155
10	Hilbert Spaces and Operators	173
11	Classical and Quantum Probability: An Overview	191
12	Geometric Phase	203
IV	Measurement Problem	211
13	Some Preliminary Notions	215
14	Von Neumann Theory and its Refinements	219
15	Many World Interpretation	245
16	Solutions using Classical or Semiclassical Apparata	253
17	Decoherence	263
18	Operational Stochastic QM	291
19	Non Demolition Measurement Theory	323
20	Information without Interaction	353
V	Microphysics/Macrophysics	359
21	Decoherence and Thermodynamics	365
22	Quantum Jumps	393
23	Reductions to Classical Case	403
24	Generation of the Cat	413
VI	Time and QM	429
25	Consistent and Decohering Histories	433
26	Delayed Choice	445
27	Reversibility and Irreversibility	457
VII	Wave/Particle Dualism	467
28	The Reality of Quantum Waves and States	471
29	The Indeterminacy of Quantum Waves and States	505
30	Between Wave and Particle	513
VIII	Completeness and Determinism	527
31	Einstein/Podolsky/Rosen Argument	531
32	Examination and Interpretation of Hidden Variable Theories	543
33	Stochastic Generalization	565
IX	The Problem of Non-Locality	579
34	Initial Criticisms of the Einstein/Podolsky/Rosen Argument	583
35	Bell Inequalities	589
36	The Problem of Separability as such	621
37	More Exact Bounds for the Inequalities	643
38	Entanglement with Pure State and with Mixtures	651
39	Generalized Bell Inequalities	659
40	Bell Inequalities for other Observables	673
41	Other Non-Local Effects	687
X	Information and Quantum Mechanics	705
42	Information and Entropy in Quantum Mechanics	709
43	Quantum Cryptography and Teleportation	743
44	Quantum Information and Computation	759
XI	Conclusions	783
45	A Foundational Synthesis	787
46	Outline of an Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics	795
	Bibliography	801
	List of Symbols	933
	List of Abbreviations	943
	List of Corollaries, Definitions, Lemmas, Postulates, Principles, Propositions, and Theorems	945
	List of Experiments	951
	Index	954
	Author Index	963
	List of Figures	975
	List of Tables	981