Properties of Consistent Histories

Fay Dowker and Adrian Kent
Phys. Rev. Lett. 75, 3038 – Published 23 October 1995
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Abstract

We describe some properties of consistent sets of histories in the Gell-Mann–Hartle formalism, and give an example to illustrate that one cannot recover the standard predictions, retrodictions, and inferences of quasiclassical physics using the criterion of consistency alone.

  • Received 26 August 1994

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.75.3038

©1995 American Physical Society

Authors & Affiliations

Fay Dowker

  • Physics Department, University of California-Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California 93106

Adrian Kent

  • Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, University of Cambridge, Silver Street, Cambridge CB3 9EW, United Kingdom

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Vol. 75, Iss. 17 — 23 October 1995

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