Probability and time symmetry in classical Markov processes
Bacciagaluppi, Guido (2007) Probability and time symmetry in classical Markov processes.
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Abstract
Definitions of time symmetry and examples of time-directed behaviour are discussed in the framework of discrete Markov processes. It is argued that typical examples of time-directed behaviour can be described using time-symmetric transition probabilities. Some current arguments in favour of a distinction between past and future on the basis of probabilistic considerations are thereby judged to be unjustified.
| Keywords: | probability, time symmetry, Markov processes, arrow of time |
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| Subjects: | Specific Sciences: Probability/Statistics |
| ID Code: | 3534 |
| Deposited By: | Bacciagaluppi, Guido |
| Deposited On: | 20 September 2007 |
| Additional Information: | Submitted for publication in M. Suárez (ed.), Probabilities, Causes and Propensities in Physics (Springer, Synthese Library). |