Consistent Sets Yield Contrary Inferences in Quantum Theory

DOI10.1103/PhysRevLett.78.2874zbMath0947.81500arXivgr-qc/9604012WikidataQ64026041 ScholiaQ64026041MaRDI QIDQ4492486

Adrian Kent

Publication date: 16 July 2000

Published in: Physical Review Letters (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/9604012

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

General and philosophical questions in quantum theory (81P05)

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• Quantum temporal logic and decoherence functionals in the histories approach to generalized quantum theory

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