Everett and the Born Rule

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2008-10-15

arxiv.org/abs/0810.2657v2

Studies in Hist Phil Modern Phys 40, 243-250 (2009)

Physics

Quantum Physics

22 pages 1 figure

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During the last ten years or so, derivations of the Born rule based on decision theory have been proposed and developed, and it is claimed that these are valid in the context of the Everett interpretation. This claim is critically assessed and it is shown that one of its key assumptions, although natural in the context of the Copenhagen interpretation, is not consistent with that of Everett. It is further argued that any interpretation that relates outcome likelihood to the expansion coefficients connecting the wavefunction with the eigenfunctions of the measurement operator must be inconsistent with the Everett interpretation.

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