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There is a well-known principle that one can recover classical mechanics from quantum mechanics in the limit as $\hbar$ goes to zero. I am looking for the strongest statement one can make concerning this principle. (Ideally, I would love to see something like: in the limit as $\hbar$ goes to zero, the position wavefunction reduces to a delta function and Schrodinger'sSchrödinger's equation / Feynman's path integral reduces to the Newtonian/Lagrangian/Hamiltonian equations of motion).

Classical Limit of Quantum Mechanics

There is a well-known principle that one can recover classical mechanics from quantum mechanics in the limit as $\hbar$ goes to zero. I am looking for the strongest statement one can make concerning this principle. (Ideally, I would love to see something like: in the limit as $\hbar$ goes to zero, the position wavefunction reduces to a delta function and Schrodinger's equation / Feynman's path integral reduces to the Newtonian/Lagrangian/Hamiltonian equations of motion).

Classical limit of quantum mechanics

There is a well-known principle that one can recover classical mechanics from quantum mechanics in the limit as $\hbar$ goes to zero. I am looking for the strongest statement one can make concerning this principle. (Ideally, I would love to see something like: in the limit as $\hbar$ goes to zero, the position wavefunction reduces to a delta function and Schrödinger's equation / Feynman's path integral reduces to the Newtonian/Lagrangian/Hamiltonian equations of motion).

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There is a well-known principle that one can recover classical mechanics from quantum mechanics in the limit as h_bar$\hbar$ goes to zero. I am looking for the strongest statement one can make concerning this principle. (Ideally, I would love to see something like: in the limit as h_bar$\hbar$ goes to zero, the position wavefunction reduces to a delta function and Schrodinger's equation  /Feynman's Feynman's path integral reduces to the Newtonian/Lagrangian/Hamiltonian/Hamilton-Jacobi equations of motion).

There is a well-known principle that one can recover classical mechanics from quantum mechanics in the limit as h_bar goes to zero. I am looking for the strongest statement one can make concerning this principle. (Ideally, I would love to see something like: in the limit as h_bar goes to zero, the position wavefunction reduces to a delta function and Schrodinger's equation/Feynman's path integral reduces to the Newtonian/Lagrangian/Hamiltonian/Hamilton-Jacobi equations of motion).

There is a well-known principle that one can recover classical mechanics from quantum mechanics in the limit as $\hbar$ goes to zero. I am looking for the strongest statement one can make concerning this principle. (Ideally, I would love to see something like: in the limit as $\hbar$ goes to zero, the position wavefunction reduces to a delta function and Schrodinger's equation  / Feynman's path integral reduces to the Newtonian/Lagrangian/Hamiltonian equations of motion).

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Classical Limit of Quantum Mechanics

There is a well-known principle that one can recover classical mechanics from quantum mechanics in the limit as h_bar goes to zero. I am looking for the strongest statement one can make concerning this principle. (Ideally, I would love to see something like: in the limit as h_bar goes to zero, the position wavefunction reduces to a delta function and Schrodinger's equation/Feynman's path integral reduces to the Newtonian/Lagrangian/Hamiltonian/Hamilton-Jacobi equations of motion).