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Continuous geometries with a transition probability / John von Neumann ; prepared and edited by Israel Halperin.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Von Neumann, John, 1903-1957, author.
- Series:
- Memoirs of the American Mathematical Society ; no. 252.
- Memoirs of the American Mathematical Society, 0065-9266 ; number 252
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Probabilities.
- Continuous geometries.
- Von Neumann algebras.
- Quantum theory.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (220 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Providence, Rhode Island : American Mathematical Society, [1981]
- Language Note:
- English
- Contents:
- ""Table of Contents""; ""Chapter I: The Axioms""; ""Chapter II: Geometrical character of L and the ring R""; ""Chapter III: Unitary transformations""; ""Chapter IV: Definiteness""; ""Chapter V: Real traces""; ""Chapter VI: Real traces and transition probabilities""; ""Chapter VII: Completeness properties. Uniqueness of the real trace. The center""; ""Chapter VIII: The operatorial description in a unitary space""; ""Chapter IX: Construction of all systems L""
- Notes:
- "Reproduces a manuscript (third draft) written by John von Neumann in 1937 (the original hand-written manuscript is kept in the J. von Neumann file in the Library of Congress)"--Foreword.
- "Volume 34."
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-4704-0659-4
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