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A classification of classical representations for quantum-like systems

Quantum Physics 2007-05-23 v2 Mathematical Physics math.MP

Abstract

For general non-classical systems, we study the different classical representations that fulfill the specific context dependence imposed by the hidden measurement system formalism introduced in quant-ph/0008061. We show that the collection of non-equivalent representations has a poset structure. We also show that in general, there exists no 'smallest' representation, since this poset is not a semi-lattice. Then we study the possible representations of quantum-like measurement systems. For example, we show that there exists a classical representation of finite dimensional quantum mechanics with N{\Bbb N} as a set of states for the measurement context, and we build an explicit example of such a representation.

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@article{arxiv.quant-ph/0008062,
  title  = {A classification of classical representations for quantum-like systems},
  author = {Bob Coecke},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:quant-ph/0008062},
  year   = {2007}
}

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13 pages; 2 figs