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The Claim

A proven connection exists between classical physics and quantum physics.

The Short Version

Multiple rigorously established formal connections between classical and quantum physics — including the Correspondence Principle, Ehrenfest's theorem, and the Poisson bracket-to-commutator mapping — are well-documented across peer-reviewed literature and foundational physics textbooks. The claim that "a proven connection exists" is clearly supported. While the full problem of how classical macroscopic behavior completely emerges from quantum mechanics remains an open question, this does not negate the existence of proven connections — it only limits their scope.

Caveats

  • While formal connections are well-proven, the full problem of how classical macroscopic mechanics completely emerges from quantum mechanics remains philosophically and technically open.
  • The proven connections are largely demonstrated in specific limiting cases (large quantum numbers, ℏ→0 limit) rather than as a universal derivation covering all classical phenomena.
  • The measurement problem and decoherence debates remain central unresolved issues in the quantum-to-classical transition, despite the existence of formal correspondences.

The Receipts

  1. Classical Limit of Quantum Mechanics for Damped Driven ... - Frontiers

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  2. Unifying Quantum and Classical Dynamics - arXiv

    arXiv

  3. Classical Mechanics as an Emergent Compression of Quantum Information - arXiv

    arXiv

  4. [quant-ph/9504016] The classical limit of quantum theory - arXiv

    arXiv

  5. Unifying gravity and quantum mechanics without the need for quantum gravity - Physics World

    Physics World

  6. Classical Limit of Quantum Mechanics - Physics Department, Oxford University

    Physics Department, Oxford University

  7. Emerging Connections: Quantum and Classical Optics - Optica

    Optica

  8. On the Classical Limit of Quantum Mechanics - PhilSci-Archive

    PhilSci-Archive

  9. 18.5: Correspondence Principle - Physics LibreTexts

    Physics LibreTexts

  10. [PDF] The Problem of the Classical Limit in Quantum Mechanics

    Huskie Commons - Northern Illinois University

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Classical PhysicsCorrespondence PrincipleQuantum Physics