• DOI:10.32408/compositionality-1-1
Corpus ID: 119449247

An effect-theoretic reconstruction of quantum theory

@article{Wetering2019AnER,
  title={An effect-theoretic reconstruction of quantum theory},
  author={J. V. D. Wetering},
  journal={arXiv: Quantum Physics},
  year={2019},
  volume={1},
  pages={1-27}
}

J. V. D. Wetering

Published 2019

Mathematics, Physics

arXiv: Quantum Physics

An often used model for quantum theory is to associate to every physical system a C*-algebra. From a physical point of view it is unclear why operator algebras would form a good description of nature. In this paper, we find a set of physically meaningful assumptions such that any physical theory satisfying these assumptions must embed into the category of finite-dimensional C*-algebras. These assumptions were originally introduced in the setting of effectus theory, a categorical logical… CONTINUE READING

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