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Insolubility of the Quantum Measurement Problem
Phys. Rev. D 2, 2783 – Published 15 December, 1970
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.2.2783
Abstract
The problem of whether a measurement interaction can leave the joint object-apparatus system in a mixture of states, in each state of which the apparatus's observable displays a definite value, is set within the most general quantum-theoretic framework for treating measurements. It is shown that the question posed by this problem admits only a negative answer. Some schemes for approximating the true object-apparatus state by means of such mixtures are examined. It is argued that such schemes constitute fundamental changes in the interpretation of quantum theory.
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