Krause, Decio and Feitosa, Hercules de Araujo (2008) Algebraic aspects of quantum indiscernibility. [Preprint]

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We show that using quasi-set theory, or the theory of collections of indistinguishable objects, we can define an algebra that has most of the standard properties of an orthocomplete orthomodular lattice, which is the lattice of all closed subspaces of a Hilbert space. We call the mathematical structure so obtained $\mathfrak{I}$-lattice. After discussing (in a preliminary form) some aspects of such a structure, we indicate the next problem of axiomatizing the corresponding logic, that is, a logic which has $\mathfrak{I}$-lattices as its Lindembaum algebra, which we postpone to a future work. Thus we conclude that the initial intuitions by Birkhoff and von Neumann that the ``logic of quantum mechanics" would be not classical logic (a Boolean algebra), is consonant with the idea of considering indistinguishability right from the start, that is, as a primitive concept. In the first sections, we present the main motivations and a ``classical'' situation which mirrors that one we focus on the last part of the paper. This paper is our first analysis of the algebraic structure of indiscernibility.

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Item Type:	Preprint
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID Krause, Decio Feitosa, Hercules de Araujo
Keywords:	indiscernibility, non-individuality, quantum logic, quasi-sets
Subjects:	General Issues > Structure of Theories Specific Sciences > Mathematics Specific Sciences > Physics > Quantum Mechanics
Depositing User:	Décio Krause
Date Deposited:	25 Jun 2008
Last Modified:	07 Oct 2010 15:16
Item ID:	4086
Subjects:	General Issues > Structure of Theories Specific Sciences > Mathematics Specific Sciences > Physics > Quantum Mechanics
Date:	June 2008
URI:	https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/4086

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