Revisiting consistency conditions for quantum states of systems on closed timelike curves: an epistemic perspective

DOI10.1007/s10701-012-9635-yzbMath1242.81012arXiv1005.2438WikidataQ59437193 ScholiaQ59437193MaRDI QIDQ436963

Joel J. Wallman, Stephen D. Bartlett

Publication date: 17 July 2012

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

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1005.2438

zbMATH Keywords

closed timelike curves; epistemic interpretation

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

81P05: General and philosophical questions in quantum theory

83C05: Einstein's equations (general structure, canonical formalism, Cauchy problems)

81Q35: Quantum mechanics on special spaces: manifolds, fractals, graphs, lattices

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