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Anonymous Sun 08 Aug 16:28:22 2021 No.13489920 View Reply Original Report

Quoted By: >>13489930 >>13489934 >>13489935 >>13490011

Can someone explain in the simpliest terms why in quantum physic state-space we need COMPLEX NUMBERS?
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Anonymous Sun 08 Aug 2021 16:29:41 No.13489930 Report

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>>13489920
convenience

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Anonymous Sun 08 Aug 2021 16:30:29 No.13489934 Report

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>>13489920
Because complex numbers have a magnitude and a phase.

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Anonymous Sun 08 Aug 2021 16:30:32 No.13489935 Report

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>>13489920
because complex numbers are just a fancy way of saying it's a wave

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Anonymous Sun 08 Aug 2021 16:32:31 No.13489947 Report

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Anonymous Sun 08 Aug 2021 16:39:51 No.13489991 Report

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Because they make the math easier to do, that's literally it.

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Anonymous Sun 08 Aug 2021 16:43:39 No.13490011 Report

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>>13489920
Something about unitary evolution, interference, math stuff, waves and convenience
See Aaronson, Auletta, Zwiebach and Susskind

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Anonymous Sun 08 Aug 2021 16:55:16 No.13490063 Report

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>>13490011

See whatkind?

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Anonymous Sun 08 Aug 2021 20:35:55 No.13491076 Report

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