Histories Approach

  • Andrey Anatoljevich Grib
  • Waldyr Alves RodriguesJr.
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Abstract

The idea of uniting the two types of wave function change: one based on the Schrödinger equation and the other on the wave packet collapse and of forming one “objective” evolution, inspired Gell-Mann and Hartle[1] and Omnès[2] to propose the so called histories approach.

Keywords

Classical Property History Approach Complete Family Consistent History Heisenberg Representation 
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Authors and Affiliations

  • Andrey Anatoljevich Grib
    • 1
  • Waldyr Alves RodriguesJr.
    • 2
  1. 1.State University of Economics and Finances of St. PetersburgSt. PetersburgRussia
  2. 2.State University of Campinas and Salesian UniversityCampinasBrazil

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