IAFE 05512
INSTITUTO DE ASTRONOMIA Y FISICA DEL ESPACIO
Unidad Ejecutora - UE
artículos
Título:
Many worlds and modality in the interpretation of quantum mechanics: an algebraic approach
Autor/es:
G. DOMENECH, H. FREYTES AND C. DE RONDE
Revista:
JOURNAL OF MATHEMATICAL PHYSICS
Editorial:
AMER INST PHYSICS
Referencias:
Año: 2009 vol. 50 p. 721081 - 721088
ISSN:
0022-2488
Resumen:
Many worlds interpretations (MWI) of quantum mechanics avoidthe measurement problem by considering every term in the quantumsuperposition as actual. A seemingly opposed solution is proposed bymodal interpretations (MI) which state that quantum mechanics doesnot provide an account of what actually is the case, but rather dealswith what might be the case, i.e. with possibilities. In this paper weprovide an algebraic framework which allows us to analyze in depththe modal aspects of MWI. Within our general formal scheme we alsoprovide a formal comparison between MWI and MI, in particular, weprovide a formal understanding of why even though both interpretationsshare the same formal structure MI fall pray of Kochen-Specker(KS) type contradictions while MWI escape them.
