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Two theorems with applications to the quantum theory of measurements are stated and proven. The first one clarifies and amends von Neumann’s Measurement Postulate used in the Copenhagen interpretation of quantum mechanics. The second one clarifies the relationship between “events” and “measurements” and the meaning of measurements in the ETH-Approach to quantum mechanics.
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As far as we remember, Gianni Morchio had an interest in the foundations of quantum mechanics; so he would probably have appreciated our results.
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The only systems for which (in our opinion) the “measurement problem” has a satisfactory solution.
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Del Vecchio, S., Fröhlich, J., Pizzo, A., Ranallo, A. (2023). Two Results in the Quantum Theory of Measurements. In: Cintio, A., Michelangeli, A. (eds) Trails in Modern Theoretical and Mathematical Physics. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-44988-8_9
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