The many-worlds interpretation is an interpretation of quantum mechanics that holds that the universal wavefunction is objectively real and that every quantum measurement causes a branching into multiple, equally real outcomes.
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The many-worlds interpretation is a philosophical position about how the mathematics used in quantum mechanics relates to physical reality, holding that the universal wavefunction is objectively real.
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The interpretation was formulated by Hugh Everett in 1957, in his Princeton doctoral thesis.
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The interpretation was formulated by Hugh Everett in 1957, in his Princeton doctoral thesis.
Proposed By: Hugh Everett III, History section (edge: proposed-by, Everett)
MWI originated in Everett's Princeton University PhD thesis 'The Theory of the Universal Wave Function', developed under his thesis advisor John Archibald Wheeler, a shorter summary of which was published in 1957 under the title 'Relative State Formulation of Quantum Mechanics.'
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The many-worlds interpretation (MWI) is an interpretation of quantum mechanics that asserts that the universal wave function is objectively real, and that there is no wave function collapse.
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