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If we take the wave function Ψ of a particle X that gets measured in a basis with a finite countable number of eigenvectors N, then according to MWI and myself, the interpretation suggests that we can write Ψ as the sum of projections of Ψ on the eigenvectors the following way:
Ψ= Σn |e(n)> ⊗ |E(n)>, where e(n) is the measurement outcome and E(n) the environment after measurement.
Some people take the N terms as different “worlds” because the factor |E(n)> represents the environment that is different in every term.
So why couldn't we just say that only one of those terms is real, like a reduction of the wave function?
I ask because I haven't seen it addressed anywhere. So it must be wrong but why?
I am an amateur, but because my question is so simple I thought I could ask it.
Ψ= Σn |e(n)> ⊗ |E(n)>, where e(n) is the measurement outcome and E(n) the environment after measurement.
Some people take the N terms as different “worlds” because the factor |E(n)> represents the environment that is different in every term.
So why couldn't we just say that only one of those terms is real, like a reduction of the wave function?
I ask because I haven't seen it addressed anywhere. So it must be wrong but why?
I am an amateur, but because my question is so simple I thought I could ask it.