• The universal wavefunction or the wavefunction of the universe is the wavefunction or quantum state of the entire universe. It is regarded as the basic...
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    is an interpretation of quantum mechanics that asserts that the universal wavefunction is objectively real, and that there is no wave function collapse...
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  • interpretation of quantum mechanics which postulates that, in addition to the wavefunction, an actual configuration of particles exists, even when unobserved. The...
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  • interpretation is an interpretation of quantum mechanics in which a universal wavefunction obeys the same deterministic, reversible laws at all times; in particular...
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    immediate surroundings. A total superposition of the global or universal wavefunction still exists (and remains coherent at the global level), but its...
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    in the many-worlds interpretation the multiverse evolves as a universal wavefunction. If the Big Bang that created our multiverse created an ensemble...
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  • anthology was dominated by Everett's 1956 paper "The Theory of the Universal Wavefunction", which had never been published before. The book was published...
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  • space, but the wavefunction here, called the wavefunction of the universe, is constant. Consequently this cosmic universal wavefunction is frozen and does...
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  • relative state formulation, Everett proposed that there is one universal wavefunction that describes the objective reality of the whole universe. He stated...
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    possible observations corresponds to a different "world" within the Universal wavefunction, with each world as real as ours. Suppose a six-sided dice is thrown...
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  • initially discussed in detail in Everett's thesis, The Theory of the Universal Wavefunction. Consider observer O {\displaystyle O} , measuring the state of...
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    David M. Magerman and Mitchell P. Marcus Hugh Everett Theory of the Universal Wavefunction, Thesis, Princeton University, (1956, 1973), pp 1–140 (page 30)...
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  • quantum mechanics, based on a Hilbert space of complex, square-integrable wavefunctions. As its name suggests, the KvN theory is related to work: 220  by Bernard...
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  • Vol. 27, pp. 379–423, 623–656. [2] [3] Hugh Everett Theory of the Universal Wavefunction, Thesis, Princeton University, (1956, 1973), Appendix I, pp 121...
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    questions in the interpretation of quantum theory about the nature of wavefunction superposition, quantum measurement, and entanglement. According to QBism...
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  • 212C. doi:10.1103/PhysRev.92.212.2. Hugh Everett Theory of the Universal Wavefunction, Thesis, Princeton University, (1956, 1973), pp 1–140 Everett, Hugh...
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  • Mind–body dualism Observer effect Pilot wave model Schrödinger's cat Universal wavefunction Quantum Mechanical Theories of Consciousness, Henry P. Stapp ""Heisenberg...
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  • many-body wavefunction. In particular, the HK functional, defined as F [ n ] = T [ n ] + U [ n ] {\displaystyle F[n]=T[n]+U[n]} , is a universal functional...
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  • publicly criticized the idea of an universal wavefunction, suggested by Wheeler, saying "The concept of a 'universal wave function' has serious difficulties...
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    technique called separation of variables. This allows the solution (the wavefunction) to be split into a radial part, depending only on the distance r {\displaystyle...
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  • equation-of-motion, state-universal multi-reference, or valence-universal multi-reference coupled cluster approaches. The wavefunction of the coupled-cluster...
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  • they are governed by wavefunctions that give the probability of finding a particle at each position. As time passes, the wavefunctions tend to spread out...
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  • Universal linear accelerator Universal quantum simulator Universal wavefunction Universality (dynamical systems) Universe Unparticle physics Unrestricted Hartree–Fock...
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  • sites. Fluctuations originate from coherence effects for electronic wavefunctions and thus the phase-coherence length l ϕ {\displaystyle \textstyle l_{\phi...
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  • quantum operation Schrödinger picture semiclassical statistical ensemble wavefunction wave–particle duality Wightman axioms WKB approximation quantum mechanics...
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    electrons are described by pseudo-wavefunctions with significantly fewer nodes. This allows the pseudo-wavefunctions to be described with far fewer Fourier...
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    S2CID 119956707. Kaplan, L (1999-01-01). "Scars in quantum chaotic wavefunctions". Nonlinearity. 12 (2): R1 – R40. arXiv:chao-dyn/9810013. doi:10...
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  • the usual Heisenberg uncertainty relation. Chu spaces correspond to wavefunctions as vectors of Hilbert space. The Chu Construction: History of an Idea...
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    observations. According to the reduction postulate, each measurement causes the wavefunction to collapse to an eigenstate of the measurement basis. In the context...
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  • and observation is completely different from its usual behavior: the wavefunction that describes a system spreads out into an ever-larger superposition...
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