On Zurek's derivation of the Born rule

Foundations of Physics

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 197-213

  Schlosshauer, Maximilian ^a   Fine, Arthur ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Born rule; Environment assisted invariance; Quantum probabilities

Indexed keywords

EID: 17444414567     PISSN: 00159018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10701-004-1941-6     Document Type: Article

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