Abstract
With an interpretation of quantum mechanics one can not only predict probabilities for outcomes of measurements performed on quantum systems but also ascribe properties to these systems themselves. I consider interpretations (notably modal interpretations) that ascribe at least those properties to a system which are represented by the eigenprojections of the reduced state. Such interpretations solve the measurement problem for ideal measurements. Here, however, I prove that these interpretations cannot define joint property ascriptions to three or more systems.
- Received 22 February 1996
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.78.2033
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