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Probability in many-worlds theories

URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2106.16145v3
Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2023 09:32:37 GMT
Title: Probability in many-worlds theories
Authors: Anthony J. Short
Abstract summary: We consider how to define a natural probability distribution over worlds within a simple class of deterministic many-worlds theories. This can help us understand the typical properties of worlds within such states, and hence explain the empirical success of quantum theory within a many-worlds framework.
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Abstract: We consider how to define a natural probability distribution over worlds within a simple class of deterministic many-worlds theories. This can help us understand the typical properties of worlds within such states, and hence explain the empirical success of quantum theory within a many-worlds framework. We give three reasonable axioms which lead to the Born rule in the case of quantum theory, and also yield natural results in other cases, including a many-worlds variant of classical stochastic dynamics.

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