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Density conditions for quantum propositions

Mathematical Physics 2011-08-29 v1 math.MP Quantum Physics

Abstract

As has already been pointed out by Birkhoff and von Neumann, quantum logic can be formulated in terms of projective geometry. In three-dimensional Hilbert space, elementary logical propositions are associated with one-dimensional subspaces, corresponding to points of the projective plane. It is shown that, starting with three such propositions corresponding to some basis {u,v,w}\{{\vec u},{\vec v},{\vec w}\}, successive application of the binary logical operation (x,y)(xy)(x,y)\mapsto (x\vee y)^\perp generates a set of elementary propositions which is countable infinite and dense in the projective plane if and only if no vector of the basis {u,v,w}\{{\vec u},{\vec v},{\vec w}\} is orthogonal to the other ones.

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@article{arxiv.1108.5339,
  title  = {Density conditions for quantum propositions},
  author = {Hans Havlicek and Karl Svozil},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1108.5339},
  year   = {2011}
}
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