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View SchemaThere Is No Basis Ambiguity in Everett Quantum Mechanics
| Authors | Mark A. Rubin |
|---|---|
| Categories | |
| ArXiv ID | quant-ph/0310186 |
| URL | https://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0310186 |
| DOI | 10.1023/B:FOPL.0000035668.37005.e0 |
| Journal | Found. Phys. Lett. 17 (2004) 323-341 |
Abstract
The Everett-interpretation description of isolated measurements, i.e., measurements involving interaction between a measuring apparatus and a measured system but not interaction with the environment, is shown to be unambiguous, claims in the literature to the contrary notwithstanding. The appearance of ambiguity in such measurements is engendered by the fact that, in the Schroedinger picture, information on splitting into Everett copies must be inferred from the history of the combined system. In the Heisenberg picture this information is contained in mathematical quantities associated with a single time.
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