A system's wave function is uniquely determined by its underlying physical state

We address the question of whether the quantum-mechanical wave function Ψ of a system is uniquely determined by any complete description Λ of the system's physical state. We show that this is the case if the latter satisfies a notion of 'free choice'. This notion requires that certain experimental parameters—those that according to quantum theory can be chosen independently of other variables—retain this property in the presence of Λ. An implication of this result is that, among all possible descriptions Λ of a system's state compatible with free choice, the wave function ${\rm{\Psi }}$ is as objective as Λ.ISSN:1367-263