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On the relation between quantum theory and probability

Quantum Physics 2021-08-29 v1 History and Philosophy of Physics

Abstract

The theory of probability and the quantum theory, the one mathematical and the other physical, are related in that each admits a number of very different interpretations. It has been proposed that the conceptual problems of the quantum theory could be, if not resolved, at least mitigated by a proper interpretation of probability. We rather show, through a historical and analytical overview of probability and quantum theory, that if some interpretations of the one and the other go along particularly well, none follows in a unique way.

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@article{arxiv.2108.08848,
  title  = {On the relation between quantum theory and probability},
  author = {Louis Marchildon},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2108.08848},
  year   = {2021}
}

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English version of a semitechnical paper published in French in RQS

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