In 1926, Dirac attempted to give a relativistic generalization of his mechanics of q-numbers, defining a new "quantum time" starting from the relation: tW - Wt = -ih. In the 1927 article, Heisenberg starts from this relationship by Pauli and Dirac which implies this newconcept of quantum (relativistic) time. All the historical formulations of quantum mechanics were time irreversible. Time was a matrix in Heisenberg matrix mechanics and all the physical variables obeyed a matrix evolution, time irreversible equation. Schrödinger equation was written as representing the propagation of an irreversible physical wave. One has been able to state that quantum mechanics is time reversible only by defining the time reversal operator in a new way, involving also complex conjugation, just to obtain reversibility.

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Dirac and Quantum Times

Giannetto, Enrico
2025-01-01

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In 1926, Dirac attempted to give a relativistic generalization of his mechanics of q-numbers, defining a new "quantum time" starting from the relation: tW - Wt = -ih. In the 1927 article, Heisenberg starts from this relationship by Pauli and Dirac which implies this newconcept of quantum (relativistic) time. All the historical formulations of quantum mechanics were time irreversible. Time was a matrix in Heisenberg matrix mechanics and all the physical variables obeyed a matrix evolution, time irreversible equation. Schrödinger equation was written as representing the propagation of an irreversible physical wave. One has been able to state that quantum mechanics is time reversible only by defining the time reversal operator in a new way, involving also complex conjugation, just to obtain reversibility.
2025
Giannetto, Enrico
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