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Jordan's derivation of blackbody fluctuations
- Abstract:
- The celebrated Dreimännerarbeit by Born, Heisenberg and Jordan contains a matrix-mechanical derivation by Jordan of Einstein's formula for blackbody fluctuations. Jordan appears to have considered this to be one of his finest contributions to quantum theory, but the status of his derivation is puzzling. In our Dreimenschenarbeit, we show how to understand what Jordan was doing in the double context of a Boltzmannian approach to statistical mechanics and of the early ‘statistical interpretation’ of matrix mechanics.
- Publication status:
- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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- Publisher copy:
- 10.1016/j.shpsb.2017.05.006
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- Publisher:
- Elsevier
- Journal:
- Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part B: Studies in History and Philosophy of Modern Physics More from this journal
- Volume:
- 60
- Pages:
- 23-34
- Publication date:
- 2017-07-13
- Acceptance date:
- 2017-05-24
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1355-2198
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pubs:697094
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pubs:697094
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697094
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- Copyright date:
- 2017
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- Copyright © 2017 Published by Elsevier Ltd. This is the accepted manuscript version of the article. The final version is available online from Elsevier at: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.shpsb.2017.05.006
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