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Quantum Foundations

Primer on quantum weirdness

arXiv

Authors: R. D. Hazeltine

Year

2024

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64296

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Preprint

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We introduce the key ideas and mathematical tools central to modern discussions of collapse. We assume knowledge of basic quantum mechanics - the Schrödinger evolution of states in Hilbert space, the Born probability rule, the Dirac formalism, and so on - while explicating such ideas as projectors, density operators, Bell inequalities, entanglement and the Lindblad equation. In other words this work is a primer in the simplest sense of that word: without taking a stand on the major questions, it is intended to make an enormous and growing body of research more accessible.

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We introduce the key ideas and mathematical tools central to modern discussions of collapse.

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[1] DOI https://doi.org/arXiv:2408.08329 [2] arXiv https://arxiv.org/abs/2408.08329 [3] Publisher https://arxiv.org/abs/2408.08329

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