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View SchemaQuantum logic and decohering histories
| Authors | C J Isham |
|---|---|
| Categories | |
| ArXiv ID | quant-ph/9506028 |
| URL | https://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/9506028 |
Abstract
An introduction is given to an algebraic formulation and generalisation of the consistent histories approach to quantum theory. The main technical tool in this theory is an orthoalgebra of history propositions that serves as a generalised temporal analogue of the lattice of propositions of standard quantum logic. Particular emphasis is placed on those cases in which the history propositions can be represented by projection operators in a Hilbert space, and on the associated concept of a `history group'.
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