Is classical reality completely deterministic?

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2007-02-22

arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/0702185v3

Found.Phys.38:76-88,2008

Physics

High Energy Physics

High Energy Physics - Theory

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10.1007/s10701-007-9185-x

The concept of determinism for a classical system is interpreted as the requirement that the solution to the Cauchy problem for the equations of motion governing this system be unique. This requirement is generally assumed to hold for all autonomous classical systems. We give counterexamples of this view. Our analysis of classical electrodynamics in a world with one temporal and one spatial dimension shows that the solution to the Cauchy problem with the initial conditions of a particular type is not unique. Therefore, random behavior of closed classical systems is indeed possible. This finding provides a qualitative explanation of how classical strings can split. We propose a modified path integral formulation of classical mechanics to include indeterministic systems.

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