Some theoretical problems in chemistry and physics

Recently the need for incorporating so-called Jordan blocks in the theoretical formulation of dynamical processes in Nature has been confronted and challenged. In addition, quantum mechanics has evolved from the very theoretical to the highly technological prompting the establishment of the new field of quantum technology. Initial studies in an extended time-irreversible picture seem to indicate a possible map of degenerate Jordan forms onto the description of complex natural phenomena. Jordan blocks appear logically in the generalized dynamical picture. A compelling interpretation is microscopic self-organization (MSO). Not only have the manifestation of quantum thermal correlations, and the emergence of generic time scales been established, but the present viewpoint also appears to throw new light on the age-old problem of quantum mechanics versus relativity. A simple resonance model is presented that bears out the problems and possibilities. (C) 2006 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.