Non-locality and Gauge Freedom in Deutsch and Hayden’s Formulation of Quantum Mechanics

Foundations of Physics 37 (6):951-955 (2007)
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Abstract

Deutsch and Hayden have proposed an alternative formulation of quantum mechanics which is completely local. We argue that their proposal must be understood as having a form of ‘gauge freedom’ according to which mathematically distinct states are physically equivalent. Once this gauge freedom is taken into account, their formulation is no longer local

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Comment on Lockwood.David Deutsch - 1996 - British Journal for the Philosophy of Science 47 (2):222-228.
Comment on Lockwood.David Deutsch - 1996 - British Journal for the Philosophy of Science 47 (2):222-228.

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