Topological test spaces

DOI10.1007/S10773-005-4682-1zbMATH Open1104.81022arXivquant-ph/0405178OpenAlexW2014260856MaRDI QIDQ2506000FDOQ2506000

Authors: Alexander Wilce 

Publication date: 28 September 2006

Published in: International Journal of Theoretical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: A test space is the set of outcome-sets associated with a collection of experiments. This notion provides a simple mathematical framework for the study of probabilistic theories -- notably, quantum mechanics -- in which one is faced with incommensurable random quantities. In the case of quantum mechanics, the relevant test space, the set of orthonormal bases of a Hilbert space, carries significant topological structure. This paper inaugurates a general study of topological test spaces. Among other things, we show that any topological test space with a compact space of outcomes is of finite rank. We also generalize results of Meyer and Clifton-Kent by showing that, under very weak assumptions, any second-countable topological test space contains a dense semi-classical test space.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0405178

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zbMATH Keywords

Vietoris topologyquantum logicstest spacesorthoalgebras

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Quantum logic (03G12) Ordered topological structures (06F30) Logical foundations of quantum mechanics; quantum logic (quantum-theoretic aspects) (81P10) Complemented lattices, orthocomplemented lattices and posets (06C15)

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