Identical quantum particles and weak discernibility

DOI10.1007/s10701-008-9243-zzbMath1162.81308arXivquant-ph/0703021OpenAlexW2003004601MaRDI QIDQ1013699

Marijn A. M. Versteegh, Dennis Dieks

Publication date: 21 April 2009

Published in: Foundations of Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0703021

zbMATH Keywords

identical particlesstructuralismLeibniz's principleweak discernibility

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

General and philosophical questions in quantum theory (81P05) Commutation relations and statistics as related to quantum mechanics (general) (81S05)

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• The Identity Problem for Realist Structuralism
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