arXiv:physics/0004047

Informational interpretation of quantum mechanics

Raoul S. Nakhmanson

Published Apr 19, 2000• 6 citations

Abstract

Ascribing to inanimate matter a possibility to receive, work on and transfer information allows us to explain quantum-mechanical phenomena including "delayed-choice"- and "Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen (EPR)"-type experiments adhering to the basis of local realism, and to suggest essentially new experiments with microparticles and atoms in which information plays the principal role.

DOI: 10.48550/arxiv.physics/0004047

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