Against the tyranny of `pure states' in quantum theory

DOI10.1007/S10699-020-09720-XzbMATH Open1492.81015arXiv1902.01667OpenAlexW3138824552MaRDI QIDQ2153997FDOQ2153997

César Massri, C. De Ronde

Publication date: 13 July 2022

Published in: Foundations of Science (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We argue that the notion of pure sate within Standard Quantum Mechanics is presently applied within the specialized literature in relation to two mutually inconsistent definitions. While the first (operational purity) provides a basis-dependent definition which makes reference to the certain prediction of measurement outcomes, the latter (trace-invariant purity) provides a purely abstract invariant definition which lacks operational content. In this work we derive a theorem which exposes the serious inconsistencies existent within these two incompatible definitions of purity.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1902.01667

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zbMATH Keywords

mixtureinvariancequantum mechanicspure state

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

General and philosophical questions in quantum theory (81P05)

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