The Fundamental Paradox of the Quantum Theory

Abstract

To remove any possible misunderstanding, let me say explicitly that the argument of my previous letter was not intended as a serious demonstration that any two operators representing physical variables must commute, but as a definite proof of the existence of some serious and fundamental defect in the form of modern quantum theory. The criticisms to which the argument has been subjected have concerned either the conditions which were assumed to be satisfied by the representation of variables by operators, or the method by which the representation of a triple product was obtained.