Physicists have built a real-number version of quantum mechanics that makes all the same predictions as the standard theory, ...

Physicists have built a real-number version of quantum mechanics that makes all the same predictions as the standard theory, ...

Real and imaginary: The time-dependent Schrödinger equation formulated using complex numbers. (Courtesy: iStock/piranka) Complex numbers are essential to achieve the most accurate quantum-mechanical ...

Complex numbers are an extension of the more conventional real numbers that we use in everyday life. They provide a rich structure that helps with finding solutions of equations. Complex numbers are ...

An international team of researchers shows through a concrete theoretical experiment that the prediction by standard complex quantum theory cannot be expressed by its real counterpart and ratifies its ...