The number of degrees of freedom of the cat is enormous. Is it possible that the cat is to be described by a wave function, which is a superposition of a live and a dead cat?
Wave mechanics
The number of degrees of freedom of the cat is enormous. Is it possible that the cat is to be described by a wave function, which is a superposition of a live and a dead cat?
Wave mechanics
Letter to Albert Einstein, discussing his thought experiment
1935
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