Type-decomposition of a synaptic algebra

DOI10.1007/S10701-013-9727-3zbMATH Open1293.81008arXiv1305.2321OpenAlexW3105773193MaRDI QIDQ368077FDOQ368077

Authors: David J. Foulis, Sylvia Pulmannová 

Publication date: 18 September 2013

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

Abstract: A synaptic algebra is a generalization of the self-adjoint part of a von Neumann algebra. In this article we extend to synaptic algebras the type-I/II/III decomposition of von Neumann algebras, AW*-algebras, and JW-algebras.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1305.2321

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zbMATH Keywords

von Neumann algebra\(JW\)-algebraprojection latticesynaptic algebratype decompositiontype I/II/IIItype-determining set

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

General and philosophical questions in quantum theory (81P05) Quantum logic (03G12) General theory of von Neumann algebras (46L10) Logical foundations of quantum mechanics; quantum logic (quantum-theoretic aspects) (81P10) Decomposition theory for (C^*)-algebras (46L45)

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