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Inferential vs. Dynamical Conceptions of Physics [PDF]

, 2013
I contrast two possible attitudes towards a given branch of physics: as inferential (i.e., as concerned with an agent's ability to make predictions given finite information), and as dynamical (i.e., as concerned with the dynamical equations governing ...
Wallace, David, David Wallace
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Seven Steps Towards the Classical World [PDF]

, 2002
Classical physics is about real objects, like apples falling from trees, whose motion is governed by Newtonian laws. In standard quantum mechanics only the wave function or the results of measurements exist, and to answer the question of how the ...
Duerr, Detlef, Allori, Valia, Zanghi, Nino, Goldstein, Sheldon   +3 more
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Quantum Information in Geometric Quantum Mechanics [PDF]

, 2011
A fundamental starting point in quantum information theory is the consideration of the von Neumann entropy and its generalization to relative quantum entropies.
Volkert, Georg Friedrich
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Speed limits to fluctuation dynamics

Communications Physics
Fluctuation dynamics of an experimentally measured observable offer a primary signal for nonequilibrium systems, along with dynamics of the mean. While universal speed limits for the mean have actively been studied recently, constraints for the speed of ...
Ryusuke Hamazaki
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The Emergence and Interpretation of Probability in Bohmian Mechanics [PDF]

, 2007
A persistent question about the deBroglie–Bohm interpretation of quantum mechanics concerns the understanding of Born’s rule in the theory. Where do the quantum mechanical probabilities come from? How are they to be interpreted? These are the problems of
Callender, Craig
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Realism and objectivism in quantum mechanics [PDF]

, 2012
The present study attempts to provide a consistent and coherent account of what the world could be like, given the conceptual framework and results of contemporary quantum theory. It is suggested that standard quantum mechanics can, and indeed should, be
Karakostas, V., Karakostas, Vassilios
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Bohm's Ontological Interpretation and Its Relations to Three Formulations of Quantum Mechanics [PDF]

, 1998
The standard mathematical formulation of quantum mechanics is specified. Bohm's ontological interpretation of quantum mechanics is then shown to be incapable of providing a suitable interpretation of that formulation.
Kronz, Fred
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Algebraic Quantum Mechanics and Pregeometry [PDF]

, 2006
We discuss the relation between the q-number approach to quantum mechanics suggested by Dirac and the notion of "pregeometry" introduced by Wheeler. By associating the q-numbers with the elements of an algebra and regarding the primitive idempotents as ...
Davies, Philip, Bohm, D., Hiley, B.
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Thermal Quantum Spacetime

Universe, 2019
The intersection of thermodynamics, quantum theory and gravity has revealed many profound insights, all the while posing new puzzles. In this article, we discuss an extension of equilibrium statistical mechanics and thermodynamics potentially compatible ...
Isha Kotecha
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"Charge without Charge" in the Stochastic Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics [PDF]

, 2007
In this note I examine some implications of stochastic interpretations of quantum mechanics for the concept of "charge without charge" presented by Wheeler and Misner.
Sharlow, Mark
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