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We analyse and develop the recent suggestion that a temporal form of quantum logic provides the natural mathematical framework within which to discuss the proposal by Gell-Mann and Hartle for a generalised form of quantum theory based on…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-10-22 Chris Isham , Noah Linden

The Kochen-Specker theorem has been discussed intensely ever since its original proof in 1967. It is one of the central no-go theorems of quantum theory, showing the non-existence of a certain kind of hidden states models. In this paper, we…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2010-04-21 Andreas Doering

We introduce the abstract setting of presheaf category on a thick category of cubes. Precubical sets, symmetric transverse sets, symmetric precubical sets and the new category of (non-symmetric) transverse sets are examples of this…

Category Theory · Mathematics 2026-01-08 Philippe Gaucher

We constructed a Hilbert space representation of a contextual Kolmogorov model. This representation is based on two fundamental observables -- in the standard quantum model these are position and momentum observables. This representation…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-06-26 Andrei Khrennikov

We introduce a new framework for contextuality based on simplicial sets, combinatorial models of topological spaces that play a prominent role in modern homotopy theory. Our approach extends measurement scenarios to consist of spaces…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-05-24 Cihan Okay , Aziz Kharoof , Selman Ipek

The Kochen--Specker (KS) theorem reveals the nonclassicality of single quantum systems. In contrast, Bell's theorem and entanglement concern the nonclassicality of composite quantum systems. Accordingly, unlike incompatibility, entanglement…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-01-25 Victoria J Wright , Ravi Kunjwal

Contextuality has long been associated with topological properties. In this work, such a relationship is elevated to identification in the broader framework of generalized contextuality. We employ the usual identification of states,…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-07-04 Sidiney B. Montanhano

Let $(\mathcal C,\otimes,\mathbb 1)$ be an abelian symmetric monoidal category satisfying certain exactness conditions. In this paper we define a presheaf $\mathbb P^{n}_{\mathcal C}$ on the category of commutative algebras in $\mathcal C$…

Category Theory · Mathematics 2018-12-04 Matias Data , Juliana Osorio

We construct a topos of quantum sets and embed into it the classical topos of sets. We show that the internal logic of the topos of sets, when interpreted in the topos of quantum sets, provides the Birkhoff-von Neumann quantum propositional…

Category Theory · Mathematics 2025-05-20 Tomasz Maszczyk

Bell non-locality and Kochen-Specker (KS) contextuality are logically independent concepts, fuel different protocols with quantum vs classical advantage, and have distinct classical simulation costs. A natural question is what are the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-06-01 Adán Cabello

Este art\'iculo presenta como resultado principal la equivalencia entre, las categor\'ias de espacios topol\'ogicos Hausdorff-Compactos y la categor\'ia de las $C^*-$\'algebras conmutativas con unidad, producto de la ``traducci\'on'' en…

Category Theory · Mathematics 2024-09-25 Sebastian Alvarez Avendaño , Breitner Ocampo , Pedro Rizzo

Kent's conclusion that ``non-contextual hidden variable theories cannot be excluded by theoretical arguments of the Kochen-Specker type once the imprecision in real world experiments is taken into account'' [Phys. Rev. Lett. 83, 3755…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Adan Cabello

Classical spectral theory gives a complete description of a single normal operator, but it fails for noncommuting operators, where no canonical joint spectrum or simultaneous diagonalization exists. Existing approaches provide only partial…

Category Theory · Mathematics 2026-01-27 Shih-Yu Chang

Consider a non-archimedean valuation ring V (K its fraction field, in mixed characteristic): inspired by some views presented by Scholze, we introduce a new point of view on the non-archimedean analytic setting in terms of derived analytic…

Algebraic Geometry · Mathematics 2025-04-25 Federico Bambozzi , Bruno Chiarellotto , Pietro Vanni

We summarize our recently proposed approach to quantum field theory on noncommutative curved spacetimes. We make use of the Drinfel'd twist deformed differential geometry of Julius Wess and his group in order to define an action functional…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2011-03-24 Alexander Schenkel

We discuss some ways in which topos theory (a branch of category theory) can be applied to interpretative problems in quantum theory and quantum gravity. In Section 1, we introduce these problems. In Section 2, we introduce topos theory,…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2011-04-20 C. J. Isham , J. Butterfield

Based on the Sheaf Logic approach to set theoretic forcing, a hierarchy of Quantum Variable Sets is constructed which generalizes and simplifies the analogous construction developed by Takeuti on boolean valued models of set theory. Over…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2012-02-08 J. Benavides

Spectrum constructions appear throughout mathematics as a way of constructing topological spaces from algebraic data. Given a commutative localic semiring R (the pointfree analogue of a topological semiring), we define a spectrum of R which…

Rings and Algebras · Mathematics 2022-01-19 Graham Manuell

One of the recent no-go theorems on \Psi-epistemic interpretations of quantum proves that there are no 'maximally epistemic' interpretations of quantum theory. The proof utilises similar arrangements to Clifton's quantum contextuality proof…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2012-08-01 O. J. E. Maroney

The immensely fruitful concept of Grothendieck topology or covering issued from the efforts of algebraic geometers to study "sheaf-like" objects defined on categories more general than the lattice of open sets on a topological space. In the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2007-05-23 John L. Bell