Everett branch

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A particular sequence of wavefunction collapses, which, according to the many-worlds interpretation of quantum mechanics, corresponds to a particular universe.
    — This discussion is fascinating because I used to be acquainted with some philosophers who were trying to use Everett's theory as a way to give a `rigorous' meaning to `possible'. In other words, a world is possible if there exists a causal chain of Everett branches connecting it with our world.

词形变化

Everett branches plural

词源

Named after American physicist Hugh Everett III, who proposed the many-worlds interpretation of quantum mechanics in 1957.
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