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082 0 4 _a530.12
100 1 _aWallace, David
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245 1 4 _aThe emergent multiverse :
_bquantum theory according to the Everett Interpretation /
_cDavid Wallace.
260 _aOxford, U.K. :
_bOxford University Press ;
_c2014.
300 _axv, 530 pages :
_billustrations ;
_c23 cm.
505 0 _aIntroduction -- 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.
526 _aCSE
650 0 _aQuantum theory
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650 0 _aComputer science.
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852 _aAyesha Abed Library
_cGeneral Stacks
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