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arXiv:1407.2965 · Annales Henri Poincaré

On the Probabilistic Nature of Quantum Mechanics and the Notion of Closed Systems

Jérémy Faupin, Jürg Martin Fröhlich, Baptiste Schubnel

Published May 29, 2015• 17 citations
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10.1007/s00023-015-0416-y

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