Topos perspective on the Kochen-Specker theorem. I: Quantum states as generalized valuations
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Publication:1303448
DOI10.1023/A:1026680806775zbMATH Open0979.81018arXivquant-ph/9803055MaRDI QIDQ1303448FDOQ1303448
Authors: V. Pereyra 
Publication date: 1 October 2000
Published in: International Journal of Theoretical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)
Abstract: The Kochen-Specker theorem asserts the impossibility of assigning values to quantum quantities in a way that preserves functional relations between them. We construct a new type of valuation which is defined on all operators, and which respects an appropriate version of the functional composition principle. The truth-values assigned to propositions are (i) contextual; and (ii) multi-valued, where the space of contexts and the multi-valued logic for each context come naturally from the topos theory of presheaves. The first step in our theory is to demonstrate that the Kochen-Specker theorem is equivalent to the statement that a certain presheaf defined on the category of self-adjoint operators has no global elements. We then show how the use of ideas drawn from the theory of presheaves leads to the definition of a generalized valuation in quantum theory whose values are sieves of operators. In particular, we show how each quantum state leads to such a generalized valuation.
Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/9803055
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