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In Chap. 22 make precise the so-called quantum measurement problem–the question whether an account can be provided, in terms of quantum mechanics, of the occurrence of a definite value of the pointer observable at the end of a measurement, and what inference, if any, may be possible on the value of the measured object observable E after the measurement.
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Busch, P., Lahti, P., Pellonpää, JP., Ylinen, K. (2016). Measurement Problem. In: Quantum Measurement. Theoretical and Mathematical Physics. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-43389-9_22
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