The emergent multiverse : quantum theory according to the Everett Interpretation /
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| Formato: | Libro |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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Oxford, U.K. :
Oxford University Press ;
2014.
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Tabla de Contenidos:
- Introduction
- Part I. The Plurality of Worlds
- The paradox of measurement
- The emergence of multiplicity
- Chaos, decoherence, and branching
- First interlude
- Part II. Probability in a Branching Universe
- The probability puzzle
- Symmetry, rationality, and the born rule
- Everettian statistical inference
- Second interlude
- Part III. Quantum Mechanics, Everett Style
- Uncertainty, possibility, and identity
- Spacetime and the quantum state
- The directuibs of branching and the direction of time
- A cornucopia of Everttian consequences
- Conclusion
- Epilogue
- Appendices
- A. Proof of the branching-decoherence theorem
- B. Classical decision theory
- C. Formal proofs of decision-theoretic results
- D. Proof of the utility equivalence lemma.