Comment on ``The free will theorem

DOI10.1007/S10701-006-9098-0zbMATH Open1117.81319arXivquant-ph/0611283OpenAlexW2054257738WikidataQ62036737 ScholiaQ62036737MaRDI QIDQ878422FDOQ878422

Authors: Roderich Tumulka 

Publication date: 26 April 2007

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

Abstract: In a recent paper [quant-ph/0604079], Conway and Kochen claim to have established that theories of the GRW type, i.e., of spontaneous wave function collapse, cannot be made relativistic. On the other hand, relativistic GRW-type theories have already been presented, in my recent paper [quant-ph/0406094] and by Dowker and Henson [J. Statist. Phys. 115: 1327 (2004), quant-ph/0209051]. Here, I elucidate why these are not excluded by the arguments of Conway and Kochen.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0611283

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zbMATH Keywords

non-localityquantum theory without observersGhirardi-Rimini-Weber (GRW) theory of spontaneous wave function collapseConway-Kochen ``free will theorem

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

General and philosophical questions in quantum theory (81P05) Quantum measurement theory, state operations, state preparations (81P15)

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