From the universe to subsystems: Why quantum mechanics appears more stochastic than classical mechanics

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Fluctuation and Noise Letters 15 (3) (2016)
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By means of the examples of classical and Bohmian quantum mechanics, we illustrate the well-known ideas of Boltzmann as to how one gets from laws defined for the universe as a whole to dynamical relations describing the evolution of subsystems. We explain how probabilities enter into this process, what quantum and classical probabilities have in common and where exactly their difference lies.

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Andrea Oldofredi
University of Lisbon
Dustin Lazarovici
Technion, Israel Institute of Technology

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