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We discuss the possibility of making the initial definitions of mutually different (possibly interacting, or even entangled) systems in the context of decoherence theory. We point out relativity of the concept of elementary physical system as well as point out complementarity of the different possible divisions of a composite system into “subsystems,” thus eventually sharpening the issue of “what is system.”
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Dugić, M., Jeknić, J. What is “System”: Some Decoherence-Theory Arguments. Int J Theor Phys 45, 2215–2225 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10773-006-9186-0
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