Complex Classical Mechanics is Very Much Like Quantum Mechanics

by Carl M. Bender (Physics Department, Washington University, St. Louis)

Wednesday 13 May 2009, 14:00 → 15:00 Europe/Brussels

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In this talk it is shown how to extend classical mechanics into the complex domain by finding the complex, as well as the real solutions, to the equation F=ma. If we allow the energy of a particle to be complex, the particle exhibits quantum-like behavior.