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Quantum Equilibrium and the Origin of Absolute Uncertainty

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What is randomness? probability? certainty? knowledge? These are old and difficult questions, and we shall not focus on them here. Nonetheless, we shall obtain sharp, striking conclusions concerning the relationship between these concepts.

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  1. Mathematisches Institut, Universität München, Theresienstr. 39, 80333, München, Deutschland

    Dr. Detlef Dürr

  2. Department of Mathematics, Rutgers, State University of New Jersey, Frelinghuysen Road 110, 08854-8019, Piscataway, NJ, USA

    Sheldon Goldstein

  3. Istituto Nazionale Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Genova (INFN), Università di Genova, Via Dodecaneso 33, 16146, Genova, Italy

    Nino Zanghì

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Dürr, D., Goldstein, S., Zanghì, N. (2013). Quantum Equilibrium and the Origin of Absolute Uncertainty. In: Quantum Physics Without Quantum Philosophy. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-30690-7_2

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