Contextuality: At the Borders of Paradox
Quantum Physics
2020-11-11 v1 Logic in Computer Science
Category Theory
Abstract
Contextuality is a key feature of quantum mechanics. We present the sheaf-theoretic approach to contextuality introduced by Abramsky and Brandenburger, and show how it covers a range of logical and physical phenomena "at the borders of paradox".
Cite
@article{arxiv.2011.04899,
title = {Contextuality: At the Borders of Paradox},
author = {Samson Abramsky},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2011.04899},
year = {2020}
}
Comments
25 pages. Appeared in Categories for the Working Philosopher, ed. Elaine Landry, Oxford University Press, pages 262--287, 2017. arXiv admin note: substantial text overlap with arXiv:1502.03097, arXiv:1406.7386