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The universal logic of repeated experiments

Logic 2026-04-30 v2 Mathematical Physics math.MP Rings and Algebras

Abstract

Let E\mathsf{E} be the event space of an experiment that can be indefinitely repeated. A natural question arises: given a countable cardinal κ\kappa, which is the event space of the κ\kappa-times repeated experiment? In the case of classical experiments, where E\mathsf{E} is a (complete) Boolean algebra on some set SS, i.e. a classical or distributive logic, the answer is more or less known: the (complete) Boolean algebra on SκS^{\kappa} generated by Eκ\mathsf{E}^{\kappa}. But, what if E\mathsf{E} is not a Boolean algebra? In this paper we give a constructive answer to this question for any κ\kappa and in the context of general orthocomplemented complete lattices, i.e. general logics. Concretely, given a general logic E\mathsf{E} defining the event space of a given experiment, we construct a logic Uκ(E)\mathsf{U}_{\kappa}\left(\mathsf{E}\right) representing the event space of the κ\kappa-times repeated experiment, in such a way that Uκ(E)\mathsf{U}_{\kappa}\left(\mathsf{E}\right) and E\mathsf{E} are isomorphic if κ=1\kappa=1, and such that Uκ(E)\mathsf{U}_{\kappa}\left(\mathsf{E}\right) is distributive if and only if so is E\mathsf{E}. We also extend our construction to the case in which the event space changes from one repetition to another and the cardinal κ\kappa is arbitrary. This gives rise to tensor products ακEα\bigotimes_{\alpha\in\kappa}\mathsf{E}_{\alpha} of families {Eα}ακ\left\{ \mathsf{E}_{\alpha}\right\} _{\alpha\in\kappa} of orthocomplemented complete lattices, in terms of which Uκ(E)=ακE\mathsf{U}_{\kappa}\left(\mathsf{E}\right)=\bigotimes_{\alpha\in\kappa}\mathsf{E}.

Cite

@article{arxiv.2601.00118,
  title  = {The universal logic of repeated experiments},
  author = {Sergio Daniel Grillo},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2601.00118},
  year   = {2026}
}
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