A possible explanation of the superposition principle

2002/09/13 by Kent A. Peacock, Peacock, Kent A.
Physics and Astronomy · Psychology · #FOS: Physical sciences #Philosophy and Theoretical Science #Quantum Physics (quant-ph) #quant-ph

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.quant-ph/0209082

Work in progress: comments welcome

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Abstract

I tentatively suggest that the superposition principle of quantum mechanics is explicable in a mathematically natural way if it is possible to understand probability amplitudes as complex-valued logarithms. This notion is inspired by the fact that the quantum state may be interpreted as a measure of information.

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