Spacetime in Everett's interpretation of quantum mechanics
Quantum Physics
2017-05-03 v1
Abstract
Everett's interpretation of quantum mechanics was proposed to avoid problems inherent in the prevailing interpretational frame. It assumes that quantum mechanics can be applied to any system and that the state vector always evolves unitarily. It then claims that whenever an observable is measured, all possible results of the measurement exist. This assertion of multiplicity has been understood in many ways by proponents of Everett's theory. Here we shall illustrate how different views on multiplicity carry onto different views on spacetime.
Keywords
Cite
@article{arxiv.1704.05291,
title = {Spacetime in Everett's interpretation of quantum mechanics},
author = {Louis Marchildon},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1704.05291},
year = {2017}
}
Comments
Sequel to arXiv:1504.04835. Forthcoming in Proc. 4th Int. Conf. on the Nature and Ontology of Spacetime