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The very essence of the traditional quantum theory is expressed in the three fundamental principles of the theory, namely in the superposition principle, in the uncertainty principle, and in the complementarity principle. The very lively discussion about the inter-relations and about the foundational status of these principles has, however, been rather confusing, but also authoritarian and even dogmatic -- examples are very well-known and too numerous to be listed here.
The author is greatly indebted to Professor Enrico Beltrametti, Dr Slawomir Bugajski and Professor Maciej Maczynski for many interesting and helpful discussions in the course of this work.
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Lahti, P.J. (1981). On the Inter-Relations of the Three Quantal Principles. In: Beltrametti, E.G., van Fraassen, B.C. (eds) Current Issues in Quantum Logic. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-3228-2_32
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