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Phys. Rev. D 29, 216–222 (1984)

Geometric derivation of the Schrödinger equation from classical mechanics in curved Weyl spaces

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E. Santamato*
Istituto di Fisica Sperimentale, Università di Napoli, Pad. 20 Mostra d'Oltremare, 80125 Napoli, Italy

Received 7 February 1983; published in the issue dated 15 January 1984

A theory physically equivalent to traditional nonrelativistic quantum mechanics is presented, in which both dynamical and probabilistic concepts enter in a classical way. Particle trajectories are deterministically governed by classical mechanics, only the initial position being at random. Quantum effects are supposed to arise from a modification of the geometry of space, due to the presence of matter. However, unlike gravitational forces, which are related to the metric of space-time, quantum-mechanical forces are proved to be related to the transplantation law of vectors. The resulting geometry of space, in the nonrelativistic limit, is found to be Weyl's geometry. Both particle motion and geometry of space are obtained from a unique averaged least-action principle.

© 1984 The American Physical Society

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http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevD.29.216
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*Present address: Department of Physics, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720.