Orthogonality and dimensionality

DOI10.3390/AXIOMS2040477zbMATH Open1295.81015arXiv1309.4547OpenAlexW3098796642MaRDI QIDQ402332FDOQ402332

Olivier Brunet

Publication date: 28 August 2014

Published in: Axioms (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: In this article, we present what we believe to be a simple way to motivate the use of Hilbert spaces in quantum mechanics. To achieve this, we study the way the notion of dimension can, at a very primitive level, be defined as the cardinality of a maximal collection of mutually orthogonal elements (which, for instance, can be seen as spatial directions). Following this idea, we develop a formalism based on two basic ingredients, namely an orthogonality relation and matroids which are a very generic algebraic structure permitting to define a notion of dimension. Having obtained what we call orthomatroids, we then show that, in high enough dimension, the basic ingredients of orthomatroids (more precisely the simple and irreducible ones) are isomorphic to generalized Hilbert lattices, so that the latter are a direct consequence of an orthogonality-based characterization of dimension.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1309.4547

zbMATH Keywords

quantum logicfoundations of quantum mechanicsPiron's representation theorem

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

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

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