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Conditioning of Quantum Open Systems

Quantum Physics 2019-07-30 v1 Mathematical Physics math.MP Operator Algebras

Abstract

The underlying probabilistic theory for quantum mechanics is non-Kolmogorovian. The order in which physical observables will be important if they are incompatible (non-commuting). In particular, the notion of conditioning needs to be handled with care and may not even exist in some cases. Here we layout the quantum probabilistic formulation in terms of von Neumann algebras, and outline conditions (non-demolition properties) under which filtering may occur.

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@article{arxiv.1907.11948,
  title  = {Conditioning of Quantum Open Systems},
  author = {John E. Gough},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1907.11948},
  year   = {2019}
}

Comments

10 pages, no figures. Article submitted to second edition of "Encyclopedia of Systems and Control"

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