Effect Algebras as Omega-categories
Logic in Computer Science
2025-10-08 v2
Abstract
We show how an effect algebra can be regarded as a category, where the morphisms are the elements such that . This gives an embedding . The interval proves to be an effect algebra in its own right, so is an -enriched category. The construction can therefore be repeated, meaning that every effect algebra can be identified with a strict -category. We describe explicitly the strict -category structure for two classes of operators on a Hilbert space.
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@article{arxiv.2303.17257,
title = {Effect Algebras as Omega-categories},
author = {Lorenzo Perticone and Robin Adams},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2303.17257},
year = {2025}
}
Comments
19 pages, 0 figures. Submitted to the 20th International Conference on Quantum Physics and Logic (QPL 2023)