Abstract
Hawking and Hartle interpreted their wave function of the universe as giving the probability for the universe to appear from nothing. However, this is not a correct interpretation, since the normalization presupposes a universe, not nothing. Transition probabilities require a measure on the initial state and a physical result requires a physical initial state.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 939-942 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Journal | International Journal of Theoretical Physics |
| Volume | 26 |
| Issue number | 10 |
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| Publication status | Published - Oct 1987 |
| Externally published | Yes |