Analysis of Wallace's proof of the Born rule in Everettian quantum mechanics. II: Concepts and axioms

DOI10.1007/s10701-018-0226-4zbMath1411.81041arXiv1803.08762OpenAlexW3103733865MaRDI QIDQ1735912

André L. G. Mandolesi

Publication date: 29 March 2019

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

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1803.08762

zbMATH Keywords

decision theoryprobabilityfoundations of quantum mechanicsmany worlds interpretation

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

General and philosophical questions in quantum theory (81P05) Relativistic cosmology (83F05) Quantum measurement theory, state operations, state preparations (81P15) General considerations in statistical decision theory (62C05)

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