Worlds in the Everett Interpretation
| dc.creator | Wallace, David | |
| dc.date | 2001-03-16 | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-07-07T06:01:47Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2026-07-07T06:01:47Z | |
| dc.description | This is a discussion of how we can understand the world-view given to us by the Everett interpretation of quantum mechanics, and in particular the role played by the concept of `world'. The view presented is that we are entitled to use `many-worlds' terminology even if the theory does not specify the worlds in the formalism; this is defended by means of an extensive analogy with the concept of an `instant' or moment of time in relativity, with the lack of a preferred foliation of spacetime being compared with the lack of a preferred basis in quantum theory. Implications for identity of worlds over time, and for relativistic quantum mechanics, are discussed. | |
| dc.description | Latex, 27 pages. To appear in Studies in the History and Philosophy of Modern Physics | |
| dc.identifier | https://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0103092 | |
| dc.identifier | http://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0103092 | |
| dc.identifier | Studies in the History and Philosophy of Modern Physics 33 (2002) pp. 637-661 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/89384 | |
| dc.subject | Quantum Physics | |
| dc.title | Worlds in the Everett Interpretation | |
| dc.type | text |