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Linear superposition as a core theorem of quantum empiricism

Quantum Physics 2022-04-14 v7 Mathematical Physics math.MP

Abstract

Clarifying the nature of the quantum state Ψ|\Psi\rangle is at the root of the problems with insight into counter-intuitive quantum postulates. We provide a direct-and math-axiom free-empirical derivation of this object as an element of a vector space. Establishing the linearity of this structure--quantum superposition--is based on a set-theoretic creation of ensemble formations and invokes the following three principia: (I\textsf{I}) quantum statics, (II\textsf{II}) doctrine of the number in the physical theory, and (III\textsf{III}) mathematization of matching the two observations with each other (quantum covariance). All of the constructs rest upon a formalization of the minimal experimental entity--the registered micro-event, detector click. This is sufficient for producing the C\mathbb C-numbers, axioms of linear vector space (superposition principle), statistical mixtures of states, eigenstates and their spectra, and non-commutativity of observables. No use is required of the spatio-temporal concepts. As a result, the foundations of theory are liberated to a significant extent from the issues associated with physical interpretations, philosophical exegeses, and mathematical reconstruction of the entire quantum edifice.

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@article{arxiv.1807.06894,
  title  = {Linear superposition as a core theorem of quantum empiricism},
  author = {Yurii V. Brezhnev},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1807.06894},
  year   = {2022}
}

Comments

Final version; 84 pages (major improvements), no figures. Russian version is available upon email-request

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