Many-Worlds Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics and Wave-Particle Dualism.

Christopher Dewdney, G. Horton, Mai Mai Lam +2 more

Menas C. Kafatos, Robert L. Nadeau

Jacques Mallah

Computationalism provides a framework for understanding how a mathematically describable physical world could give rise to conscious observations without the need for dualism. A criterion is proposed for the implementation of computations by physical systems, which has been a problem for computationalism. Together with an independence criterion for implementations this would allow, in principle, prediction of probabilities for various observations based on counting implementations. Applied to quantum mechanics, this results in a Many Computations Interpretation (MCI), which is an explicit form of the Everett style Many Worlds Interpretation (MWI). Derivation of the Born Rule emerges as the central problem for most realist interpretations of quantum mechanics. If the Born Rule is derived based on computationalism and the wavefunction it would provide strong support for the MWI; but if the Born Rule is shown not to follow from these to an experimentally falsified extent, it would indicate the necessity for either new physics or (more radically) new philosophy of mind.

Jianping Li

The uncertainty principle of signal is proved according to the uncertainty principle of quantum mechanics,and is further interpreted by quantum mechanics.The signal can be considered as a kind of the quasi quantum system with wave-particle dualism.Because of the wave-particle dualism of the signal,time and frequency can not be measured at the same time.The frequency operator(FO) of signal is defined in this study,and it can be widely used in signal theory and,especially in wavelet research.The quantum interpretation for the signal explains the essence of the signal and provides the theory support for applying the framework of quantum mechanics to the signal processing.

Alfred Landé

(1) The idea that diffraction of matter particles can only be understood in terms of a temporary wave transformation or ‘double manifestation’ is an uneconomical ad hoc hypothesis, shattered already in 1923 by the unitary quantum theory of diffraction of Duane which in 1926 became part of the quantum mechanics, with a statistical interpretation of wave-like appearances. (2) Bohr's re-interpretation of Heisenberg's uncertainty of prediction as an indeterminacy of existence rests on an illegitimate literal translation of a wave result into particle language which is at variance with experience as well as with the statistical interpretation. (3) The fact that one can transform the simple and unitary particle mechanics into a complicated wavelike form is only a weak substitute for genuine dualism — as if one would see dualism in the transformability from the geo- to the heliocentric reference system. (4) The strongest argument against a symmetry of the particle and the wave theory of matter is the explainability of the former in terms of simple postulates of invariance, leaving the wave formalism as a purely ad hoc construction.