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gr-qc2002★ 5 cited
Theories of Everything and Hawking's Wave Function of the Universe
James B. Hartle
If a cat, a cannonball, and an economics textbook are all dropped from the same height, they fall to the ground with exactly the same acceleration under the influence of gravity. T…
quant-ph2002★ 20 cited
Bohmian Histories and Decoherent Histories
James B. Hartle
The predictions of the Bohmian and the decoherent (or consistent) histories formulations of the quantum mechanics of a closed system are compared for histories -- sequences of alte…
gr-qc2002★ 7 cited
The State of the Universe
James B. Hartle
What is the quantum state of the universe? That is the central question of quantum cosmology. This essay describes the place of that quantum state in a final theory governing the r…