The born rule fails in cosmology

Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics

Volumn 2009, Issue 7, 2009, Pages

  Page, Don N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Inflation; Quantum cosmology

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350699421     PISSN: 14757516     EISSN: 14757516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1475-7516/2009/07/008     Document Type: Article

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