Entropy or Quantum Mechanics ?

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The discussion revolves around comparing the complexity of understanding entropy and quantum mechanics. Participants highlight that both subjects have unresolved problems and that determining which is easier depends on individual knowledge and the specific problems in question. It is noted that entropy is part of thermodynamics and statistical mechanics, while quantum mechanics is a broader subfield. The conversation emphasizes that there are no fundamental problems with either field, just open questions for future research. Ultimately, the complexity of each subject cannot be easily quantified, and the focus should be on the learning process rather than direct comparisons.
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is entropy problem easiest than quantum mechanics problem which one is more complicated to understand and to solve ?
 
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What exactly does "entropy problem" and a "quantum mechanics problem" mean? Homework problems? Then it depends on the problem and your knowledge about entropy and quantum mechanics.
 
mfb said:
What exactly does "entropy problem" and a "quantum mechanics problem" mean? Homework problems? Then it depends on the problem and your knowledge about entropy and quantum mechanics.
No its not like this search on wikipedia there is a problem in entropy and another in quantum mechanics both aren't discovered yet . I simply want to know which one is easiest . Its not a homework in general is entropy hardest or quantum mechanics ?
 
Peter25samaha said:
No its not like this search on wikipedia there is a problem in entropy and another in quantum mechanics both aren't discovered yet . I simply want to know which one is easiest . Its not a homework in general is entropy hardest or quantum mechanics ?
Surely if the solution to the problems you mention haven't been discovered yet, then there is no way to say which is harder and any answer would just be speculation. Anyway, you should link the aforementioned Wikipedia articles, so that anyone reading knows what you are on about.
 
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There is no fundamental problem with either of them. There are open questions, points where future research might improve our knowledge. That usually happens in many small steps, so you cannot quantify the effort necessary to advance knowledge by a specific amount, not even for research done in the past.
 
mfb said:
There is no fundamental problem with either of them. There are open questions, points where future research might improve our knowledge. That usually happens in many small steps, so you cannot quantify the effort necessary to advance
knowledge by a specific amount, not even for research done in the past.
My question should be different then . Wich one of these 2 need more time to undertand well all about it
 
Peter25samaha said:
My question should be different then . Wich one of these 2 need more time to undertand well all about it

This is a head-scratcher.

Entropy is a subject area in Thermodynamics/statistical mechanics. Quantum mechanics is a whole subfield, on par with thermodynamics. In fact, in many areas, those two overlap quite a bit that one have quantum statistics and quantum entropy.

So your question is extremely puzzling.

You also seem to be in this never-ending loop of finding out what category is what, and what to do ahead of which, etc...etc. based on you previous posts. I've never come across someone so obsessive in something as trivial as this. If you are planning on going to school to study all this, rest assured that the sequence and level of difficulties have already been planned that this should not be something that you need to be obsessed over. There are other BIGGER things to worry about.

Zz.
 

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