On the consistent effect histories approach to quantum mechanics

DOI10.1063/1.531709zbMATH Open0861.03047arXivquant-ph/9605037OpenAlexW2107984039MaRDI QIDQ4716455FDOQ4716455

Authors: Oliver Rudolph 

Publication date: 12 May 1997

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

Abstract: A formulation of the consistent histories approach to quantum mechanics in terms of generalized observables (POV measures) and effect operators is provided. The usual notion of `history' is generalized to the notion of `effect history'. The space of effect histories carries the structure of a D-poset. Recent results of J.D. Maitland Wright imply that every decoherence functional defined for ordinary histories can be uniquely extended to a bi-additive decoherence functional on the space of effect histories. Omnes' logical interpretation is generalized to the present context. The result of this work considerably generalizes and simplifies the earlier formulation of the consistent effect histories approach to quantum mechanics communicated in a previous work of this author.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/9605037

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zbMATH Keywords

Boolean algebraconsistent historiesHilbert tensor productpositive operator-valued measureprobability measurebounded linear operatorsdecoherence functionalD-poseteffect operatorPOV measureconsistency functionaleffect historyprojection operators on Hilbert spacespace of finite inhomogeneous histories

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Quantum logic (03G12) Logical foundations of quantum mechanics; quantum logic (quantum-theoretic aspects) (81P10) Characterizations of Hilbert spaces (46C15)

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