The problem of dispersion-free probabilities in Gleason-type theorems for a two-dimensional Hilbert space

DOI10.1007/S40509-018-0178-6MaRDI QIDQ2329959zbMATH OpenOpenAlexWikidataFDO

Publication date 18 October 2019

Published in Quantum Studies: Mathematics and Foundations (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1806.01436

closed subspaces lattice structures probability measures quantum mechanics

Complemented lattices, orthocomplemented lattices and posets (06C15) General and philosophical questions in quantum theory (81P05) Logical foundations of quantum mechanics; quantum logic (quantum-theoretic aspects) (81P10) Quantum state spaces, operational and probabilistic concepts (81P16)

Abstract: As it is known, Gleason's theorem is not applicable for a two-dimensional Hilbert space since in this situation Gleason's axioms are not strong enough to imply Born's rule thus leaving room for a dispersion-free probability measure i.e., one that has only values 0 and 1. To strengthen Gleason's axioms one must add at least one more assumption. But, as it is argued in the present paper, alternatively one can give up the lattice condition lying in the foundation of Gleason's theorem. Particularly, the lattice structure based on the closed linear subspaces in the Hilbert space could be weakened by the requirement for the meet operation to exist only for the subspaces belonging to commutable projection operators. The paper demonstrates that this weakening can resolve the problem of the dispersion-free probability measure in the case of a qubit.

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