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An introduction to QBism with an application to the locality of quantum mechanics
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We give an introduction to the QBist interpretation of quantum mechanics, which removes the paradoxes, conundra, and pseudo-problems that have plagued quantum foundations for the past nine decades. As an example, we show in detail how this interpretation eliminates “quantum nonlocality.”
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“Another class of examples are subjectivistic interpretations, which regard statements about outcomes of measurements as personal to an agent, such as “relational quantum mechanics”38, “QBism”39,40, or the approach proposed in ref. 9”
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- Authors
- Fuchs, C. A., Mermin, N. D., & Schack, R.
- Affiliations
- RTX (United States) (US)
- Cornell University (US)
- Royal Holloway University of London (GB)
- Venue
- American Journal of Physics
- Published
- 2014-08-01
- Volume
- 82
- Issue
- 8
- Pages
- 749-754
- ISSN
- 0002-9505 (ISSN-L)
- 1943-2909
- OpenAlex
- W2024902489
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- 19
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- 14.43
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
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- green
- arxiv.org
- Locations
- American Journal of Physics (publishedVersion)
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- arXiv (Cornell University)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Physics and Astronomy › Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics › Quantum Mechanics and Applications
- Physical Sciences › Physics and Astronomy › Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics › Quantum Information and Cryptography
- Physical Sciences › Physics and Astronomy › Nuclear and High Energy Physics › Noncommutative and Quantum Gravity Theories
- Keywords
- QBism, quantum foundations, quantum nonlocality, locality, interpretation of quantum mechanics, quantum paradoxes, quantum measurement
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