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Quantum ripples in chaos

Andreas Albrecht

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The differences between quantum and classical chaos show up on the smallest of scales. Although tiny, these differences have implications for our understanding of quantum mechanics.

A mere 100 years ago — a recent event in the history of human endeavour — mankind discovered that underlying all the familiar laws of physics is the strange world of quantum mechanics. Superficially, at least, the quantum world appears to contradict many things we intuitively 'know' to be true about nature.