Quantum mechanics as a noncommutative representation of classical conditional probabilities

DOI10.1063/1.5005578zbMATH Open1416.81014arXiv1906.04955OpenAlexW2950878633MaRDI QIDQ5223595FDOQ5223595

Gábor Hofer-Szabó

Publication date: 18 July 2019

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

Abstract: The aim of this paper is to analyze the reconstructability of quantum mechanics from classical conditional probabilities representing measurement outcomes conditioned on measurement choices. We will investigate how the quantum mechanical representation of classical conditional probabilities is situated within the broader frame of noncommutative representations. To this goal, we adopt some parts of the quantum formalism and ask whether empirical data can constrain the rest of the representation to conform to quantum mechanics. We will show that as the set of empirical data grows conventional elements in the representation gradually shrink and the noncommutative representations narrow down to the unique quantum mechanical representation.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1906.04955

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Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Empirical decision procedures; empirical Bayes procedures (62C12) General and philosophical questions in quantum theory (81P05)

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