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quant-ph2007
The Copenhagen interpretation, and pragmatism
Willem M. de Muynck
In the past both instrumentalism and empiricism have inspired certain pragmatic elements into the Copenhagen interpretation of quantum mechanics. The relation of such pragmatisms w…
quant-ph1999
Preparation and measurement: two independent sources of uncertainty in quantum mechanics
Willem M. de Muynck
In the Copenhagen interpretation the Heisenberg uncertainty relation is interpreted as the mathematical expression of the concept of complementarity, quantifying the mutual disturb…
quant-ph1996
Wigner Distributions and the Joint Measurement of Incompatible Observables
Willem M. de Muynck
A theory of joint nonideal measurement of incompatible observables is used in order to assess the relative merits of quantum tomography and certain measurements of generalized obse…