https://hackerpaper.kaipfister.de/p/1208.4123/Collected HN comments and submissions linking this paper.enMon, 02 Nov 2026 11:16:22 GMThttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16256696urn:hackerpapers:mention:1208.4123:16256696Mon, 29 Jan 2018 10:39:45 GMT<p>There is lots of mathematical evidence that every quantum state maps 1-to-1 on a physical state¹, or at least be uniquely determined by the physical state². The main assumption both make is that there is some physical state. So it doesn&#x27;t really matter if it&#x27;s a map or not - it tells you something about the territory. [1] The completeness of quantum theory for predicting measurement outcomes, https://arxiv.org/abs/1208.4123 [2] On the reality of the quantum state, https://arxiv.org/abs/1111.3328v3</p><p><a href="https://hackerpaper.kaipfister.de/p/1208.4123/">Paper and discussion history</a>. A mention is not an endorsement.</p>quant-ph