{
  "id": "0906.4871",
  "version": "v1",
  "published": "2009-06-26T08:32:22.000Z",
  "updated": "2009-06-26T08:32:22.000Z",
  "title": "Dimensions, nodes and phases in quantum numbers",
  "authors": [
    "A. R. P. Rau"
  ],
  "comment": "4 pages, 1 figure",
  "categories": [
    "quant-ph"
  ],
  "abstract": "Students of quantum mechanics encounter discrete quantum numbers in a somewhat incoherent and bewildering number of ways. For each physical system studied, quantum numbers seem to be introduced in its own specific way, some enumerating from 1 and others from 0, without a common uniting thread. This essay presents a point of view that builds on dimensions, boundary conditions and various inputs that, while known, are often not brought together to present a simple, consistent picture. At the same time, some surprisingly sophisticated connections are also made.",
  "revisions": [
    {
      "version": "v1",
      "updated": "2009-06-26T08:32:22.000Z"
    }
  ],
  "analyses": {
    "keywords": [
      "dimensions",
      "mechanics encounter discrete quantum numbers",
      "quantum mechanics encounter discrete quantum",
      "consistent picture",
      "boundary conditions"
    ],
    "note": {
      "typesetting": "TeX",
      "pages": 4,
      "language": "en",
      "license": "arXiv",
      "status": "editable",
      "adsabs": "2009arXiv0906.4871R"
    }
  }
}