Quantum probability theory

Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part B - Studies in History and Philosophy of Modern Physics

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 390-417

  Rédei, Miklós ^a   Summers, Stephen Jeffrey ^b  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Operator algebras; Probability theory; Quantum theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 34250188885     PISSN: 13552198     EISSN: 18792502     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.shpsb.2006.05.006     Document Type: Article

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