Can present be the average of the future?

Quantum Physics [Submitted on 13 Apr 2026] Can present be the average of the future? Z. Gedik 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: 3 pages 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 Submission history From: Zafer Gedik [view email] [v1] Mon, 13 Apr 2026 19:00:16 UTC (7 KB) Access Paper: HTML (experimental) view license Current browse context: quant-ph < prev   |   next > new | recent | 2026-04 References & Citations INSPIRE HEP NASA ADS Google Scholar Semantic Scholar Export BibTeX Citation 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 Demos Related Papers About arXivLabs Which authors of this paper are endorsers? | Disable MathJax (What is MathJax?)