{ "id": "1107.3736", "version": "v1", "published": "2011-07-19T15:18:30.000Z", "updated": "2011-07-19T15:18:30.000Z", "title": "A Comment on a Recent Derivation of the Born Rule by Zurek", "authors": [ "Cecilia Jarlskog" ], "categories": [ "quant-ph", "hep-ph" ], "abstract": "The derivation of the Born rule by Zurek uses a \"splitting procedure\" where a physical state is subdivided into a number of states. It is argued that in quantum field theory, which encompasses quantum mechanics, such a procedure would in general modify the physics.", "revisions": [ { "version": "v1", "updated": "2011-07-19T15:18:30.000Z" } ], "analyses": { "keywords": [ "born rule", "derivation", "encompasses quantum mechanics", "quantum field theory", "physical state" ], "note": { "typesetting": "TeX", "pages": 0, "language": "en", "license": "arXiv", "status": "editable", "inspire": 919131, "adsabs": "2011arXiv1107.3736J" } } }