Consistent histories and the interpretation of quantum mechanics

DOI10.1007/BF01015734zbMath0586.60097WikidataQ64596081 ScholiaQ64596081MaRDI QIDQ1071413

Robert B. Griffiths

Publication date: 1984

Published in: Journal of Statistical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

zbMATH Keywords

measurementsquantum mechanicswave function collapsetime reversal

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Interacting random processes; statistical mechanics type models; percolation theory (60K35) Logical foundations of quantum mechanics; quantum logic (quantum-theoretic aspects) (81P10) Stochastic mechanics (including stochastic electrodynamics) (81P20)

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