Conditional expectations associated with quantum states

DOI10.1063/1.1861275zbMATH Open1067.46064arXiv1001.3828OpenAlexW1986229680MaRDI QIDQ3024324FDOQ3024324

Gerd Niestegge

Publication date: 30 June 2005

Published in: Journal of Mathematical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: An extension of the conditional expectations (those under a given subalgebra of events and not the simple ones under a single event) from the classical to the quantum case is presented. In the classical case, the conditional expectations always exist; in the quantum case, however, they exist only if a certain weak compatibility criterion is satisfied. This compatibility criterion was introduced among others in a recent paper by the author. Then, state-independent conditional expectations and quantum Markov processes are studied. A classical Markov process is a probability measure, together with a system of random variables, satisfying the Markov property and can equivalently be described by a system of Markovian kernels (often forming a semigroup). This equivalence is partly extended to quantum probabilities. It is shown that a dynamical (semi)group can be derived from a given system of quantum observables satisfying the Markov property, and the group generators are studied. The results are presented in the framework of Jordan operator algebras, and a very general type of observables (including the usual real-valued observables or self-adjoint operators) is considered.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1001.3828

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Applications of functional analysis in quantum physics (46N50) Operator algebra methods applied to problems in quantum theory (81R15) Applications of selfadjoint operator algebras to physics (46L60) Nonassociative selfadjoint operator algebras (46L70)

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• An approach to quantum mechanics via conditional probabilities
• Different types of conditional expectation and the Lüders-von Neumann quantum measurement
• Conditional average in a quantum system with postselection

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