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Imposing system-observer symmetry on the von Neumann description of measurement

Quantum Physics 2013-08-13 v2

Abstract

By imposing system-observer symmetry on the von Neumann description of measurement, it is shown that the quantum measurement problem is structurally equivalent to a familiar reverse-engineering problem: that of describing the behavior of an arbitrary physical device as algorithm instantiation. It is suggested that this problem can at best be given a relational solution.

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@article{arxiv.1308.1383,
  title  = {Imposing system-observer symmetry on the von Neumann description of measurement},
  author = {Chris Fields},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1308.1383},
  year   = {2013}
}

Comments

14 pages, 5 figures; v2 minor clarifications