PIRSA:09080025

Reconstructing Quantum Mechanics from the Behavior of Partially Polarized Mixtures

APA

Fivel, D. (2009). Reconstructing Quantum Mechanics from the Behavior of Partially Polarized Mixtures. Perimeter Institute. https://pirsa.org/09080025

MLA

Fivel, Daniel. Reconstructing Quantum Mechanics from the Behavior of Partially Polarized Mixtures. Perimeter Institute, Aug. 13, 2009, https://pirsa.org/09080025

BibTex

          @misc{ pirsa_PIRSA:09080025,
            doi = {10.48660/09080025},
            url = {https://pirsa.org/09080025},
            author = {Fivel, Daniel},
            keywords = {Quantum Foundations},
            language = {en},
            title = {Reconstructing Quantum Mechanics from the Behavior of Partially Polarized Mixtures},
            publisher = {Perimeter Institute},
            year = {2009},
            month = {aug},
            note = {PIRSA:09080025 see, \url{https://pirsa.org}}
          }
          

Daniel Fivel University of Maryland, College Park

Abstract

It will be shown that the conventional (i.e. real or complex Hilbert space) model of quantum mechanics  can be deduced from the indistinguishability of the simplest types of statistical mixtures. The result does not have the  low dimension exclusion of the  quantum logic approach.