Quantum State Reduction and the Repeatability Hypothesis

DOI10.4288/JAFPOS1956.11.107MaRDI QIDQ4470291zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Masanao Ozawa

Publication date 22 June 2004

Published in Annals of the Japan Association for Philosophy of Science (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/9802022

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

General and philosophical questions in quantum theory (81P05)

Abstract: The argument is re-examined that the program of deriving the rule of state reduction from the Schroedinger equation holding for the object-apparatus composite system falls into a vicious circle or an infinite regress called the von Neumann chain. It is shown that this argument suffers from a serious physical inconsistency concerning the causality between the reading of the outcome and the state reduction. A consistent argument which accomplishes the above program without falling into the circular argument is presented.

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