[FOM] Unreasonable effectiveness

[Kreinovich, Vladik]

While this is true, Schroedinger's equation can be formulated solely based on symmetries, see, e.g., 

  Vladik Kreinovich. "Derivation of the Schroedinger equations from
  scale invariance," Teoreticheskaya i Mathematicheskaya Fizika,
  1976, Vol. 26, No. 3, pp. 414-418 (in Russian); English
  translation: Theoretical and Mathematical Physics, 1976, Vol.
  8, No. 3, pp. 282-285.

And

  Andrei M. Finkelstein, Vladik Kreinovich, and Roman R. Zapatrin.
  "Fundamental physical equations uniquely determined by their
  symmetry groups," Lecture Notes in Mathematics, Springer-Verlag,
  Berlin-Heidelberg-N.Y., Vol. 1214, 1986, pp. 159-170.

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From: fom-bounces at cs.nyu.edu [mailto:fom-bounces at cs.nyu.edu] On Behalf Of Antonino Drago

There is no formulation of quantum mechanics entirely based on symmetries (although Weyl tried it since the beginnings of the theory

Antonino Drago