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First Steps to Jainism
Seven Modes of Syadvada and the example of an 'atom' in a 'box' with two compartments
Atom in Box
1. Atom in left Compartment (L)
X
L R
L
2. Atom in right Compartment (R)
X
R
Quantum Mechanical Representation (in the usual notation)
System in state | L>
or two similar boxes at the same time
X
L R
3. Cases (1) and (2). Mixture of L> and | R> Existence and
at diffenrent times
Nonexistence
L
L
R
5. (4.) and (1) at
System in state | R>
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4. Atom in both
System in a state which is superposition
of | Land | R>:
compartments at the same time; this (wave-aspect) | P>= | L>+IR> is non-visualizable
X
R
represented by
| L> <L | + |R> <R]
Syadvada Models af Description
Existence (Atom in L)
different times; or two boxes at the same time (one box for (4) and another box for (1).
Nonexistence (Atom not in L)
Mixture
P> <P + |L><L|
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