Modal quantum theory

DOI10.1007/S10701-012-9650-ZMaRDI QIDQ1929302zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Benjamin Schumacher, Michael D. Westmoreland

Publication date 7 January 2013

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

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1010.2929

zbMATH Keywords

no closing theoremquantum entanglementquantum theory

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Modal logic (including the logic of norms) (03B45) Arithmetic theory of polynomial rings over finite fields (11T55) Logical foundations of quantum mechanics; quantum logic (quantum-theoretic aspects) (81P10) Quantum coherence, entanglement, quantum correlations (81P40) Alternative quantum mechanics (including hidden variables, etc.) (81Q65)

Abstract: We present a discrete model theory similar in structure to ordinary quantum mechanics, but based on a finite field instead of complex amplitudes. The interpretation of this theory involves only the "modal" concepts of possibility and necessity rather than quantitative probability measures. Despite its simplicity, our model theory includes entangled states and has versions of both Bell's theorem and the no cloning theorem.

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