Orthogonality and disjointness in spaces of measures

DOI10.1023/A:1007429502809MaRDI QIDQ1127618zbMATH OpenOpenAlexWikidataFDO

Publication date 18 July 2001

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

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/math-ph/9804005

ordered vector spaces minimal decomposition base norm direction distance measure cone mixing distance

Spaces of measures (46E27) Spaces of measures, convergence of measures (28A33) General mathematical topics and methods in quantum theory (81Q99) Duality theory for topological vector spaces (46A20)

Abstract: The convex and metric structures underlying probabilistic physical theories are generally described in terms of base normed vector spaces. According to a recent proposal, the purely geometrical features of these spaces are appropriately represented in terms of the notion of `measure cone' and the `mixing distance' [1], a specification of the novel concept of `direction distance' [2]. It turns out that the base norm is one member of a whole characteristic family of `mc-norms' from which it can be singled out by virtue of a certain orthogonality relation. The latter is seen to be closely related to the concept of minimal decomposition. These connections suggest a simple geometric interpretation of the familiar notion of the disjointness of (probability) measures and the Hahn-Jordan decomposition of measures which has been addressed briefly in [1] and will be elaborated here. The results obtained give an indication of the extent to which a general measure cone admits measure theoretic interpretations. [1] P. Busch, E. Ruch: The Measure Cone -- Irreversibility as a Geometrical Phenomenon, Int. J. Quant. Chem. 41 (1992) 163-185. [2] E. Ruch: Der Richtungsabstand}, Acta Applic. Math. 30 (1992) 67-93.

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