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A dynamical approach to compatible and incompatible questions

Physics and Society 2019-06-26 v1 Quantum Physics

Abstract

We propose a natural strategy to deal with compatible and incompatible binary questions, and with their time evolution. The strategy is based on the simplest, non-commutative, Hilbert space H=C2\mathcal{H}=\mathbb{C}^2, and on the (commuting or not) operators on it. As in ordinary Quantum Mechanics, the dynamics is driven by a suitable operator, the Hamiltonian of the system. We discuss a rather general situation, and analyse the resulting dynamics if the Hamiltonian is a simple Hermitian matrix.

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@article{arxiv.1905.04102,
  title  = {A dynamical approach to compatible and incompatible questions},
  author = {Fabio Bagarello},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1905.04102},
  year   = {2019}
}

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In press in Physica A

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