Unbounded Operators, Physicality, and Modality in Quantum Theories

arXiv:2609.28136 · quant-ph, physics.hist-ph · Submitted 2026-09-23 · Read on arXiv

quant-ph, physics.hist-ph

Submitted: 2026-09-23

Updated: 2026-09-23

Terminology

• Hilbert Space — 56× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Axioms — 9× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Ontology — 3× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Consistency — 2× in this paper · explained in 3 episodes
• Core — 2× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Regularization — 1× in this paper · explained in 3 episodes

Sources

• Response to "Are Hilbert Spaces Unphysical? Hardly, My Dear!''

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