Typicality in the foundations of statistical physics and Born's rule

DOI10.1007/978-3-030-46777-7_3zbMATH Open1473.81012arXiv1910.08049OpenAlexW2980540832MaRDI QIDQ822473FDOQ822473

Authors: Detlef Dürr, Ward Struyve 

Publication date: 22 September 2021

Abstract: Typicality has always been in the minds of the founding fathers of probability theory when probabilistic reasoning is applied to the real world. However, the role of typicality is not always appreciated. An example is the paper "Foundations of statistical mechanics and the status of Born's rule in de Broglie-Bohm pilot-wave theory" by Antony Valentini, where he presents typicality and relaxation to equilibrium as distinct approaches to the proof of Born's rule, while typicality is in fact an overriding necessity. Moreover the "typicality approach" to Born's rule of "the Bohmian mechanics school" is claimed to be inherently circular. We wish to explain once more in very simple terms why the accusation is off target and why "relaxation to equilibrium" is neither necessary nor sufficient to justify Born's rule.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1910.08049

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Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of mathematics in the 20th century (01A60) General and philosophical questions in quantum theory (81P05) History of quantum theory (81-03)

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