Bohr–van Leeuwen theorem – magnetism in solids is a quantum mechanical effect

Re:Bohr–van Leeuwen theorem – magnetism in solids is a quant... by __MatrixMan__ on Sunday July 19, 2020 @06:04PM (#23892830)

According to my professor, when I was taking quantum mechanics a few years back, the view that Feynman is prevented from falling through his chair by electromagnetic repulsion is somewhat antiquated. She told us that a more modern perspective puts a greater focus on the Pauli Exclusion Principle.

Of course that line of explanation falls to similar loop, re: why do fermions resist sharing state?

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Re:Bohr–van Leeuwen theorem – magnetism in solids is a quant... by BeetleB on Monday July 20, 2020 @03:01AM (#23895361)

Indeed, and Freeman Dyson demonstrated this:

In 1966, independently of Elliott H. Lieb and Walter Thirring, Dyson and Andrew Lenard published a paper proving that the Pauli exclusion principle plays the main role in the stability of bulk matter.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freeman_Dyson

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Re:Bohr–van Leeuwen theorem – magnetism in solids is a quant... by Koshkin on Sunday July 19, 2020 @06:50PM (#23893104)

I would like to mention the possibility of tunneling through the chair (however small).

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