Local tomography and the role of the complex numbers in quantum mechanics

DOI10.1098/RSPA.2020.0063zbMATH Open1472.81020arXiv2001.11421OpenAlexW3104907069MaRDI QIDQ5160982FDOQ5160982

Authors: Gerd Niestegge 

Publication date: 29 October 2021

Published in: Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Various reconstructions of finite-dimensional quantum mechanics result in a formally real Jordan algebra A and a last step remains to conclude that A is the self-adjoint part of a C*-algebra. Using a quantum logical setting, it is shown that this can be achieved by postulating that there is a locally tomographic model for a composite system consisting of two copies of the same system. Local tomography is a feature of classical probability theory and quantum mechanics; it means that state tomography for a multipartite system can be performed by simultaneous measurements in all subsystems. The quantum logical definition of local tomography is sufficient, but it is less restictive than the prevalent definition in the literature and involves some subtleties concerning the so-called spin factors.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2001.11421

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zbMATH Keywords

quantum logicJordan algebramathematical physicsquantum physicslocal tomography

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Finite-dimensional structures of Jordan algebras (17C55) Logical foundations of quantum mechanics; quantum logic (quantum-theoretic aspects) (81P10) Quantum state spaces, operational and probabilistic concepts (81P16) Operator algebra methods applied to problems in quantum theory (81R15)

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