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On the Space-Time and State-Space Geometries of Random Processes in Geometric Quantum Mechanics

Diego Lucio Rapoport

Published Jan 1, 2007• 1 citation

Abstract

We present the space‐time and Hilbert‐state space quantum geometries and their associated Brownian motions. We discuss the problem of the reduction of the wave function associated to these geometries and their Brownian motions.

DOI: 10.1063/1.2713460

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