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consistent histories: a standalone construct

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Quantum foundations

an approach to quantum mechanics that assigns probabilities to sequences of events only for families of histories that satisfy a consistency condition.

In quantum foundations, consistent histories refers to an approach to quantum mechanics that assigns probabilities to sequences of events only for families of histories that satisfy a consistency condition. This meaning comes from Griffiths (1984) in Journal of Statistical Physics.[1]

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References

Griffiths, R. B. (1984). Consistent histories and the interpretation of quantum mechanics. Journal of Statistical Physics, 36(1-2), 219-272. https://doi.org/10.1007/bf01015734

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