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Foundations of Physics Letters

The Copenhagen Variant of the Modal Interpretation and Quantum theory of measurement

Gianni Cassinelli, PEKKA J. LAHTI

Published Dec 1, 1993• 6 citations
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10.1007/bf00662804

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