Why do quantum systems implement self-referential logic? A simple question with a catastrophic answer

AIP Conference Proceedings

Volumn 839, Issue , 2006, Pages 167-183

  Small, John ^a  

^a NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Causality protection; Entanglement; Self referentiality; Spacetime dimensionality; Standard model

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845993957     PISSN: 0094243X     EISSN: 15517616     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2216626     Document Type: Conference Paper

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