Concept
Born rule
Overview
in quantum mechanics, the rule that the probability of observing an eigenvalue is the square of the modulus of the inner product between the quantum state and the eigenstate corresponding to the eigenvalue
Overview adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0; see the article history for authors).
Related ideas
- Wave function
- John von Neumann
- Probability
- Quantum mechanics
- Quantum field theory
- Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
- Probability density function
- Complex number
- Max Born
- Cambridge University Press
- Albert Einstein
- David Deutsch
- Many-worlds interpretation
- Quantum information
- Dutch book arguments
- Hidden-variable theory
- Walther Bothe
Place in the tradition
Part of Interpretations of quantum mechanics.