Frauchiger-Renner argument and quantum histories
arXiv:1907.10095 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevA.100.052114
Abstract
In this article we reconstruct the Frauchiger and Renner argument, taking into account that the assertions of the argument are made at different times. To do this, we use a formalism of quantum histories, namely the Theory of Consistent Histories. We show that the supposedly contradictory conclusion of the argument requires computing probabilities in a family of histories that does not satisfy the consistency condition, i.e., an invalid family of histories for the theory.
arXiv commentarXiv admin note: text overlap with arXiv:1904.07412
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