A qualitative approach to quantum probability

DOI10.1098/RSPA.2006.1672MaRDI QIDQ3503382zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Ehud Lehrer, Eran Shmaya

Publication date 22 May 2008

Published in Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0503066

zbMATH Keywords

decision theoryqualitative probability subjective probabilityquantum probability

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Foundations, quantum information and its processing, quantum axioms, and philosophy (81P99)

Abstract: A likelihood order is defined over linear subspaces of a finite dimensional Hilbert space. It is shown that such an order that satisfies some plausible axioms can be represented by a quantum probability in two cases: pure state and uniform measure.

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