Can present be the average of the future?
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Quantum Physics arXiv:2604.11968 (quant-ph) [Submitted on 13 Apr 2026] Title:Can present be the average of the future? Authors:Z. Gedik View a PDF of the paper titled Can present be the average of the future?, by Z. Gedik View PDF HTML (experimental) Abstract:We introduce a two state vector formalism of quantum mechanics by generalizing Bell's hidden variable model to higher dimensions and by attributing a physical significance (a state evolving backward in time) to the hidden variable. A simple deterministic and time symmetric rule for measurement outcomes allows us to obtain the Born rule. It turns out that probabilistic outcomes can be derived from a deterministic assignment and averaging over all possible future states traveling backward in time. The assignment rule provides an alternative statement and demonstration of the Pusey, Barrett, Rudolph theorem. Comments: Subjects: Quantum Physics (quant-ph) Cite as: arXiv:2604.11968 [quant-ph] (or arXiv:2604.11968v1 [quant-ph] for this version) https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2604.11968 Focus to learn more arXiv-issued DOI via DataCite (pending registration) Submission history From: Zafer Gedik [view email] [v1] Mon, 13 Apr 2026 19:00:16 UTC (7 KB) Full-text links: Access Paper: View a PDF of the paper titled Can present be the average of the future?, by Z. GedikView PDFHTML (experimental)TeX Source view license Current browse context: quant-ph new | recent | 2026-04 References & Citations INSPIRE HEP NASA ADSGoogle Scholar Semantic Scholar export BibTeX citation Loading... BibTeX formatted citation × loading... Data provided by: Bookmark Bibliographic Tools Bibliographic and Citation Tools Bibliographic Explorer Toggle Bibliographic Explorer (What is the Explorer?) Connected Papers Toggle Connected Papers (What is Connected Papers?) Litmaps Toggle Litmaps (What is Litmaps?) scite.ai Toggle scite Smart Citations (What are Smart Citations?) Code, Data, Media Code, Data and Media Associated with this Article alphaXiv Toggle alphaXiv (What is alphaXiv?) Links to Code Toggle CatalyzeX Code Finder for Papers (What is CatalyzeX?) DagsHub Toggle DagsHub (What is DagsHub?) GotitPub Toggle Gotit.pub (What is GotitPub?) Huggingface Toggle Hugging Face (What is Huggingface?) ScienceCast Toggle ScienceCast (What is ScienceCast?) Demos Demos Replicate Toggle Replicate (What is Replicate?) Spaces Toggle Hugging Face Spaces (What is Spaces?) Spaces Toggle TXYZ.AI (What is TXYZ.AI?) Related Papers Recommenders and Search Tools Link to Influence Flower Influence Flower (What are Influence Flowers?) Core recommender toggle CORE Recommender (What is CORE?) Author Venue Institution Topic About arXivLabs arXivLabs: experimental projects with community collaborators arXivLabs is a framework that allows collaborators to develop and share new arXiv features directly on our website. Both individuals and organizations that work with arXivLabs have embraced and accepted our values of openness, community, excellence, and user data privacy. arXiv is committed to these values and only works with partners that adhere to them. Have an idea for a project that will add value for arXiv's community? Learn more about arXivLabs. Which authors of this paper are endorsers? | Disable MathJax (What is MathJax?)