Alexander S. Krausz
Alexander S. Krausz | |
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| Known for | Vector theory of noncomplex quantum mechanics |
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| Fields | Mechanical engineering; theoretical physics |
| Institutions | University of Ottawa |
Alexander S. Krausz is a researcher and Professor Emeritus of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Ottawa, known within materials science for work on deformation kinetics and fracture, and, later, for proposing a real-vector ("noncomplex") reformulation of quantum mechanics. He is listed in The Worldwide List of Dissident Scientists.
Work
In his mainstream career Krausz worked on the kinetics of deformation and fracture of solids. Independently of this, he and a co-author (K. Krausz) published a series of papers under the title "Vector Theory of Noncomplex Quantum Mechanics" in the journal Physics Essays beginning with volume 19, number 4 (December 2006), followed by a second part on the uncertainty principle.
The papers argue that the standard formalism of quantum mechanics, which relies on complex-valued wave functions and the imaginary unit, can instead be expressed using real-valued vector state functions. Krausz proposes that quantities such as the probability density, probability current, and the uncertainty relation can be recovered in this real-vector framework, reproducing results equivalent to the conventional Heisenberg condition. He presents this as an alternative interpretation of quantum theory rather than as a change to its empirical predictions. The proposal lies outside the mainstream complex-Hilbert-space formulation of quantum mechanics and was published in an alternative-physics journal.