English

Test sets for tautologies in modular quantum logic

Logic 2020-03-02 v1

Abstract

As defined by Dunn, Moss, and Wang, an universal test set in an ortholattice LL is a subset TT such that each term takes value 11, only, if it does so under all substitutions from TT. Generalizing their result for ortholattices of subspaces of finite dimensional Hilbert spaces, we show that no infinite modular ortholattice of finite dimension admits a finite universal test set. On the other hand, answering a question of the same authors, we provide a countable universal test set for the ortholattice of projections of any type II1_1 von Neumann algebra factor as well as for von Neumann's algebraic construction of a continuous geometry. These universal test sets consist of elements having rational normalized dimension with denominator a power of 22.

Cite

@article{arxiv.2002.12452,
  title  = {Test sets for tautologies in modular quantum logic},
  author = {Christian Herrmann},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2002.12452},
  year   = {2020}
}
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