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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".

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@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

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