Computing the wavefunction from trajectories: particle and wave pictures in quantum mechanics and their relation

On the relation between indistinguishabi

On the relation between indistinguishability of identical particles and (anti)symmetry of the wave function in quantum mechanics

✍ Willem M. Muynck; Gidi P. Liempd 📂 Article 📅 1986 🏛 Springer Netherlands 🌐 English ⚖ 993 KB

Two different concepts of distinguishability are often mixed up in attempts to derive in quantum mechanics the (anti)symmetry of the wave function from indistinguishability of identical particles. Some of these attempts are analyzed and shown to be defective. It is argued that, although identical pa