Revisiting consistency conditions for quantum states of systems on closed timelike curves: an epistemic perspective

DOI10.1007/s10701-012-9635-yzbMath1242.81012arXiv1005.2438OpenAlexW3102982188WikidataQ59437193 ScholiaQ59437193MaRDI QIDQ436963

Joel J. Wallman, Stephen D. Bartlett

Publication date: 17 July 2012

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

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1005.2438

zbMATH Keywords

closed timelike curvesepistemic interpretation

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

General and philosophical questions in quantum theory (81P05) Einstein's equations (general structure, canonical formalism, Cauchy problems) (83C05) Quantum mechanics on special spaces: manifolds, fractals, graphs, lattices (81Q35)

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