The Born rule and logical inference in quantum mechanics

DOI10.1093/PTEP/PTAB135MaRDI QIDQ5021771zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Tsubasa Ichikawa

Publication date 14 January 2022

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

Copyright license Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International

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

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

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

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.

Recommendations

• The logic of quantum mechanics (Revisited)
• Deriving Born's rule from an inference to the best explanation
• The logic of quantum mechanics
• Logical inference derivation of the quantum theoretical description of Stern-Gerlach and Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen-Bohm experiments
• The logical origins of quantum mechanics
• On the Born rule and the Everett programme
• Probabilistic logic of quantum observations
• Non-reflexive logical foundation for quantum mechanics
• The Leibniz principle in quantum logic
• The logic of quantum measurements

Cited in

(7)

• Deriving Born's rule from an inference to the best explanation
• From quantum interference to Bayesian coherence and back round again
• scientific article; zbMATH DE number 5873097 (Why is no real title available?)
• Derivation of the Born rule from operational assumptions
• Quantum mechanics and imprecise probability
• Derivations of the Born Rule
• Updating the Born rule

This page was built for publication: The Born rule and logical inference in quantum mechanics

Report a bug (only for logged in users!)Click here to report a bug for this page (MaRDI item Q5021771)