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Class 43 (5/2/01) Interpreting quantum mechanics (Guest Lecture: Prof. Guido Bacciagaluppi, Dept. of Philosophy) |
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| Outline | Interpreting quantum mechanics
Establishing the Copenhagen Interpretation
The measurement problem: classical apparatus in QM Step 1: Recovering a classical
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3 aspects of the problem
Decoherence: in macroscopic systems, interference seems to vanish Three ways of dealing with the problem
Nature makes a choice
QM is a theory of averages
Many worlds
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