Labels for non-individuals?

DOI10.1007/S10702-005-1126-3MaRDI QIDQ812040zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Adonai S. Sant'Anna

Publication date 23 January 2006

Published in Foundations of Physics Letters (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0408168

zbMATH Keywords

labelsquantum mechanicsquantum indistinguishabilityquasi-set theoryquantum logic, Zermelo-Fraenkel set theory

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

General and philosophical questions in quantum theory (81P05) Quantum measurement theory, state operations, state preparations (81P15) Logical foundations of quantum mechanics; quantum logic (quantum-theoretic aspects) (81P10)

Abstract: Quasi-set theory is a first order theory without identity, which allows us to cope with non-individuals in a sense. A weaker equivalence relation called ``indistinguishability is an extension of identity in the sense that if $x$ is identical to $y$ then $x$ and $y$ are indistinguishable, although the reciprocal is not always valid. The interesting point is that quasi-set theory provides us a useful mathematical background for dealing with collections of indistinguishable elementary quantum particles. In the present paper, however, we show that even in quasi-set theory it is possible to label objects that are considered as non-individuals. We intend to prove that individuality has nothing to do with any labelling process at all, as suggested by some authors. We discuss the physical interpretation of our results.

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