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"Born rule"


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alsoKnownAs Born statistical interpretation
alsoKnownAs Born rule in quantum mechanics
surface form: Born’s rule
appliesTo positive operator-valued measures
appliesTo projective measurements
appliesTo quantum measurement outcomes
assumes normalized wavefunction
concerns outcome statistics of repeated measurements
connects Hilbert space formalism to experimental statistics
domain Hilbert space of quantum states
field quantum mechanics
formalExpression P(a) = ⟨ψ|Π_a|ψ⟩ where Π_a is the projector onto the eigenspace of outcome a
formalExpression P(i) = |c_i|^2 for a state |ψ⟩ = Σ_i c_i |i⟩
implies interference patterns in double-slit experiments
implies probabilities depend on relative phases of amplitudes
implies total probability equals one
instanceOf postulate of quantum mechanics
instanceOf probability rule
isAssumedIn standard quantum theory
isAssumedRatherThanDerivedIn standard textbook formulations
isCompatibleWith unitary time evolution between measurements
isDebatedIn interpretations of quantum mechanics
isDerivedInSomeApproachesFrom decision-theoretic axioms
isDerivedInSomeApproachesFrom envariance arguments
isDerivedInSomeApproachesFrom symmetry principles
isDerivedInSomeApproachesFrom typicality arguments
isEssentialFor empirical predictions of quantum mechanics
isFoundationFor Bayesian approaches to quantum probabilities
isFoundationFor Born measure on projective Hilbert space
isFoundationFor frequentist interpretation of quantum probabilities
isFoundationFor quantum decision theory
isPostulateIn Copenhagen interpretation of quantum mechanics
isUsedIn Born approximation in scattering
isUsedIn particle physics experiments
isUsedIn quantum computing
isUsedIn quantum information theory
isUsedIn quantum optics
isUsedIn quantum state tomography
isUsedIn quantum statistical mechanics
isUsedIn scattering theory
isUsedIn spectroscopy
namedAfter Max Born
relates measurement probabilities
relates wavefunction
requires complex-valued wavefunction or state vector
role gives operational meaning to the wavefunction
role links quantum states to observable probabilities
statesThat the probability of obtaining a measurement outcome is given by the squared modulus of the corresponding amplitude in the wavefunction
usesQuantity probability amplitude
usesQuantity squared magnitude of the wavefunction
yearProposed 1926

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