The Born rule and logical inference in quantum mechanics

DOI10.1093/PTEP/PTAB135zbMATH Open1503.81008arXiv1804.10067OpenAlexW3209432262MaRDI QIDQ5021771FDOQ5021771

Authors: Tsubasa Ichikawa 

Publication date: 14 January 2022

Published in: PTEP. Progress of Theoretical and Experimental Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Logical inference leads to one of the major interpretations of probability theory called logical interpretation, in which the probability is seen as a measure of the plausibility of a logical statement under incomplete information. In this paper, assuming that our usual inference procedure makes sense for every set of logical propositions represented in terms of commuting projectors on a given Hilbert space, we extend the logical interpretation to quantum mechanics and derive the Born rule. Our result implies that, from the epistemological viewpoints, we can regard quantum mechanics as a natural extension of the classical probability.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1804.10067

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Mathematics Subject Classification ID

General and philosophical questions in quantum theory (81P05) Mechanization of proofs and logical operations (03B35)

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