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View SchemaA possible explanation of the superposition principle
| Authors | Kent A. Peacock |
|---|---|
| Categories | |
| ArXiv ID | quant-ph/0209082 |
| URL | https://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0209082 |
Abstract
I tentatively suggest that the superposition principle of quantum mechanics is explicable in a mathematically natural way if it is possible to understand probability amplitudes as complex-valued logarithms. This notion is inspired by the fact that the quantum state may be interpreted as a measure of information.
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