Classical mechanics is a determinate theory. Knowledge of the state at a given time permits precise prediction of the result of measuring any property of the system. In contrast, quantum mechanics is only statistically determinate.


Nobel Lectures, Physics 1963-1970, Relativistic Quantum Field Theory (p. 142), Elsevier Publishing Co. Amsterdam, The Netherlands. 1972

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Classical mechanics is a determinate theory. Knowledge of the state at a given time permits precise prediction of the result of measuring any...

Classical mechanics is a determinate theory. Knowledge of the state at a given time permits precise prediction of the result of measuring any...

Classical mechanics is a determinate theory. Knowledge of the state at a given time permits precise prediction of the result of measuring any...

Classical mechanics is a determinate theory. Knowledge of the state at a given time permits precise prediction of the result of measuring any...