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A Quintet of Quandaries: Five No-Go Theorems for Relational Quantum Mechanics

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Pienaar, Jacques·2021·Foundations of Physics
DOI 10.1007/s10701-021-00500-6
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  • Extant versions of RQM do not provide any reason to think that Bob's measurement outcomes will match Alice's.

    “Brown (2007) and Pienaar (2021) have analyzed similar cases and have similarly concluded that extant versions of RQM do not provide any reason to think that Bob's measurement outcomes will match Alice's.”

    From Information is Physical: Cross-Perspective Links in Relational Quantum Mechanics (2023) · cites this paper as Pienaar 2021

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Authors
Pienaar, J.
Affiliations
University of Massachusetts Boston (US)
Corresponding author
Pienaar, Jacques
ORCID
Pienaar, Jacques
Venue
Foundations of Physics
Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Published
2021-10
Volume
51
Issue
5
ISSN
  • 0015-9018 (ISSN-L)
  • 1572-9516
DOI
10.1007/s10701-021-00500-6
OpenAlex
W3181537592
Cited by
96
References
48
Citations by year
2026: 3 · 2025: 24 · 2024: 7 · 2023: 52 · 2022: 8 · 2021: 2
FWCI
7.53
Type
journal article
Language
en
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Locations
  • Foundations of Physics (publishedVersion)
  • arXiv (Cornell University) (submittedVersion)
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
Funders
John E. Fetzer Memorial Trust
Topics
  • Physical Sciences › Physics and Astronomy › Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics › Quantum Mechanics and Applications
  • Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Artificial Intelligence › Quantum Information and Cryptography
  • Physical Sciences › Physics and Astronomy › Statistical and Nonlinear Physics › Noncommutative and Quantum Gravity Theories
Keywords
relational quantum mechanics, no-go theorem, measurement problem, quantum events, quantum states, quantum ontology

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