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Classical limit of quantum propositions

Quantum Physics 2018-10-24 v1 Mathematical Physics math.MP

Abstract

Contrary to classical semantics, the disjunction of two experimental propositions relating to pure states of a quantum system ("quantum propositions" for short) can be true even in the case where neither disjunct is true. This suggests that in such case either both disjuncts are false and so the distributive laws are not applicable to quantum propositions (this inference is accepted in quantum logic) or the disjuncts are not bivalent, i.e., neither true nor false, therefore the principle of bivalence is not applicable to quantum propositions. But, to accept the latter inference, one must explain how quantum propositions become bivalent in the classical limit. This paper shows the emergence of bivalence through the interaction between a quantum system and its environment and compares the environmentally induced bivalence with the classical limit of quantum logic.

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@article{arxiv.1810.09606,
  title  = {Classical limit of quantum propositions},
  author = {Arkady Bolotin},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1810.09606},
  year   = {2018}
}

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13 pages, 1 figure

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