Struyve W. The de Broglie-Bohm pilot-wave interpretation of quantum theory(171s).pdf

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Acknowledgements
It is a pleasure to thank the many people who have contributed to this
thesis.
In the first place I am grateful to my supervisor Willy de Baere and to the
head of department Kris Heyde, who gave me the opportunity to perform
research in the fascinating domain of foundations of quantum theory.
I am also grateful to the colleagues in the department of Subatomic and
Radiation Physics for their fellowship and aid. In particular I want to thank
Stijn De Weirdt for the countless discussions from which I benefited a lot.
Many thanks also to Partha Ghose for the numerous useful discussions
and for the hospitality I enjoyed from him and his family during my stay
in London. I am grateful to Antony Short for the clarifying discussions on
Popper’s experiment, to Peter Holland who raised some valuable remarks
on the issue of boson trajectories and to Samuel Colin for the stimulating
discussions on quantum field theory.
I want to thank the Perimeter Institute (Canada) for the kind hospitality
and the financial support enjoyed during two visits. It was a pleasure to
interact with the people there. Especially I want to thank Antony Valentini
for the invitations and for the enjoyable and enriching discussions. I have
also benefited a lot from the discussions with Hans Westman.
I also want to thank Jean Bricmont, Willy de Baere, Thomas Durt, Kris
Heyde, e Horton, Stijn De Weirdt for a careful reading of the thesis
and the many valuable suggestions for improvement.
Finally, I want to expres