Quantum Reports (May 2021)

Measurement Problem in Quantum Mechanics and the Surjection Hypothesis

  • Fritz W. Bopp

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3390/quantum3020019
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 3, no. 2
pp. 316 – 324

Abstract

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Starting with unitary quantum dynamics, we investigate how to add quantum measurements. Quantum measurements have four essential components: the furcation, the witness production, an alignment projection, and the actual choice decision. The first two components still lie in the domain of unitary quantum dynamics. The decoherence concept explains the third contribution. It can be based on the requirement that witnesses reaching the end of time on the wave function side and the conjugate one have to be identical. In this way, it also stays within the quantum dynamics domain. The surjection hypothesis explains the actual choice decision. It is based on a two boundary interpretation applied to the complete quantum universe. It offers a simple way to reduce these seemingly random projections to purely deterministic unitary quantum dynamics, eliminating the measurement problem.

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