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How to derive quantum formalism from first principles?

Quantum Physics 2010-09-29 v4

Abstract

Suggested a framework to derive the formalism of quantum theory based on the work of Navascues, Pironio and Acin [NJP 10, 073013] (NPA). Specifically, the entries in the Gamma matrices in NPA corrspond to sequential weak values, first analyzed by Mitchison, Popescu and Jozsa [PRA 76, 062105]. However, to obtain the sequential weak values post-selection to the initial state is required, for which we could not find sufficiently strong reason.

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@article{arxiv.1002.1707,
  title  = {How to derive quantum formalism from first principles?},
  author = {Shmuel Marcovitch and Benni Reznik},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1002.1707},
  year   = {2010}
}

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