Can the decoherence approach help to solve the measurement problem?

Synthese

Volumn 113, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 323-346

  Pessoa Jr , Osvaldo ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

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EID: 0348056625     PISSN: 00397857     EISSN: 15730964     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1004994303863     Document Type: Article

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