arXiv:1606.02955

Schrödinger's cat in a realist quantum mechanics

Arthur Jabs

Published Jun 5, 2016• 1 citation

Abstract

There is no paradox with Schrödinger's cat in a realist interpretation because in such an interpretation wave functions which represent the same object at different times are not to be superposed.

DOI: 10.48550/arxiv.1606.02955

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