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Relational Quantum Mechanics


(RQM) is the most recent among the interpretations of quantum mechanics that are widely discussed today. It was introduced in 1996, with quantum gravity as a remote motivation (Rovelli 1996); interests has grown since, first very slowly, but steadily, and has peaked during the last years (see Calosi and Riedel 2024, also for a good account of the historical evolution of the interpretation).

It was introduced in 1996, with quantum gravity as a remote motivation (Rovelli 1996); interests has grown since, first very slowly, but steadily, and has peaked during the last years (see Calosi and Riedel 2024, also for a good account of the historical evolution of the interpretation). This principle plays a crucial role in ensuring the communicability and coherence of events across perspectives, but is incompatible with the orthodox reading of relativity in terms of relationality, and instead requires adoption of a notion of perspectival facts. Heilbron, John L. and Rovelli, Carlo, 2023, “Matrix Mechanics Mis-Prized: Max Born’s Belated Nobelization”, The European Physical Journal H, 48: 11. doi:10.1140/epjh/s13129-023-00056-1 Heisenberg, W., 1925, “Über quantentheoretische Umdeutung kinematischer und mechanischer Beziehungen.”, Zeitschrift für Physik, 33(1): 879–893.

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