Experimental tests of distributivity

DOI10.1007/BF00402374MaRDI QIDQ1196081zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors L. J. Landau

Publication date 6 December 1992

Published in Letters in Mathematical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00402374

zbMATH Keywords

Bell's inequalitycompatible observablesdistributive Segal algebrasEPR experimentJordan algebrasSherman's non-distributive Segal algebrasstateTsirel'son inequalityTsirel'sons bound

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

General nonassociative rings (17A99) Jordan algebras (algebras, triples and pairs) (17C99) Applications of functional analysis in quantum physics (46N50) Quantum groups and related algebraic methods applied to problems in quantum theory (81R50)

Review text

It is shown that the Tsirel'son inequality provides a test of the distributivity of the observable algebra, and thus applies also to Jordan algebras and distributive Segal algebras. Next, arbitrary empirical data on compatible observables are extended to a signed joint distribution for all observables. This signed distribution defines a state on an appropriate non-distributive algebra. In particular, there is a state on a non-distributive algebra which maximally violates the Tsirel'sons bound. Finally, it is also shown that Sherman's non-distributive Segal algebras are unsuitable as algebraic models of physical systems, since they do not possess enough compatible observables.

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