Ujm

Regarding the The Pondicherry interpretation of quantum mechanics article - is this theory a well known one? Has its theories been peer reviewed? Is Ulrich Mohrhoff a prominent member of the scientific community? I only ask because there are no references in the article outside of those of Ulrich Mohrhoff. If the theory is a notable one then there needs to be some evidence of it, otherwise the article will inevitably run into problems of promoting original research. Remy B 12:07, 9 October 2006 (UTC)

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Concerning Remy B's concerns. Of the 8 referenced articles, one is a favorable review of the PIQM by Prof. Louis Marchildon of the Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, author of Quantum Mechanics: From Basic Principles to Numerical Methods and Applications (Springer, Berlin, 2002). In it Marchildon writes:

In the interpretation he has put forth, Mohrhoff has shown us a thought provoking and original view of the way that, according to quantum mechanics, the world can be.

All of the seven cited articles by Mohrhoff were peer reviewed, otherwise they would not have been published. (Two in American Journal of Physics, two in Foundations of Physics, one in International Journal of Quantum Information, one in PRAMANA, the Journal of Physics of the Indian Academy of Science, and one (an invited contribution) in New Topics in Quantum Physics Research (Nova Science). Mohrhoff has many more peer-reviewed publications to his credit; the cited ones are only the most relevant to this Wikipedia article. William Conrad, an editor of American Vedantist, once asked the well-known Cornell physicist N. David Mermin for his opinion. On 9 Jul 2001 Conrad wrote to Mohrhoff:

I got a lovely reply from David Mermin. He says your physics is sound and that he has been following your work for the last 4-5 years with great admiration.

Mermin had previously written a very favorable review of the first cited article, which was a response to an article by Mermin. You find the two papers listed at philosopher of physics Oliver Pooley's website (and of course in many other places). Mohrhoff's PIQM is often mentioned together with Mermin's "Ithaca interpretation of quantum mechanics". I wish Mermin, too, would contribute an article about his interpretation to Wikipedia. But this presents us with a dilemma: if somebody else writes this article, it probably won't be as competent and authoritative as if Mermin wrote it. And if Mermin writes it, it might be seen as promoting original research.

Besides, interest in the PIQM is not confined to the cognoscenti. From an interview by Pitchfork Media with American singer-songwriter Stephin Merritt:

There are certainly original things to say. But I’m not sure that a pop song is the appropriate format to say them in. I just read online a few weeks ago, the Pondicherry Interpretation. It’s the physics… attitude of Ulrich Mohrhoff, who happens to teach in Pondicherry India. The Pondicherry Interpretation is startlingly original to me. So I said to myself, “my god, there’s a new way of thinking about the world!” The basic idea is that the time-space continuum only goes down so small. And beyond that, measuring is essentially meaningless.

--Ujm 03:38, 11 October 2006 (UTC)

Proposed deletion: Cookie cutter paradigm

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Local wiki viewer?

{helpme} Is there a program that I can run on my computer and that displays wiki source (input) as it shows up on wikipedia and/or wikibooks? Your help is greatly appreciated.--Ujm 03:40, 15 November 2006 (UTC)

I'm not sure, but your best chance is to ask at Wikipedia:Village pump (technical).--Commander Keane 03:53, 15 November 2006 (UTC)

AfD nomination of Continua

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Do as you please.--Ujm (talk) 06:00, 26 November 2007 (UTC)

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radical alterations to the intro to quantum mechanics article

Hi,

A new editor has unilaterally made many drastic changes to the article Introduction_to_quantum_mechanics to which you have made contributions. I do not think that the changes are desirable. I do not want to start an edit war. Could you please have a look at it? Thanks. P0M (talk)

I guess I have looked at this talk page too late for useful feedback. Ujm (talk) 02:41, 16 December 2009 (UTC)

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Nomination of Ulrich Mohrhoff for deletion

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