Quantum geometry, logic and probability

Publication date 26 February 2020

Abstract: Quantum geometry on a discrete set means a directed graph with a weight associated to each arrow defining the quantum metric. However, these `lattice spacing' weights do not have to be independent of the direction of the arrow. We use this greater freedom to give a quantum geometric interpretation of discrete Markov processes with transition probabilities as arrow weights, namely taking the diffusion form

p a r t i a l_{+} f = (- D e l t a_{h} e t a + q - p) f

for the graph Laplacian

D e l t a_{h} e t a

, potential functions

q, p

built from the probabilities, and finite difference

p a r t i a l_{+}

in the time direction. Motivated by this new point of view, we introduce a `discrete Schroedinger process' as

p a r t i a l_{+} p s i = i m a t h (- D e l t a + V) p s i

for the Laplacian associated to a bimodule connection such that the discrete evolution is unitary. We solve this explicitly for the 2-state graph, finding a 1-parameter family of such connections and an induced `generalised Markov process' for

f = | p s i |^{2}

in which there is an additional source current built from

p s i

. We also discuss our recent work on the quantum geometry of logic in `digital' form over the field

B b b F_{2} = 0, 1

, including de Morgan duality and its possible generalisations.

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