Categorical Quantum Models and Logics (Pallas Proefschriften)

Heunen, Chris

Pallas Publications（2009/11発売）

• 製本 Paperback:紙装版/ペーパーバック版／ページ数 214 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9789085550242
• DDC分類 510

Full Description

This dissertation studies the logic behind quantum physics, using category theory as the principal tool and conceptual guide. To do so, principles of quantum mechanics are modeled categorically. These categorical quantum models are justified by an embedding into the category of Hilbert spaces, the traditional formalism of quantum physics. In particular, complex numbers emerge without having been prescribed explicitly. Interpreting logic in such categories results in orthomodular property lattices, and furthermore provides a natural setting to consider quantifiers. Finally, topos theory, incorporating categorical logic in a refined way, lets one study a quantum system as if it were classical, in particular leading to a novel mathematical notion of quantum-

Contents

Preface - 6 Contents - 8 Ch 1. Introduction Ch 2. Tensors and biproducts Ch 3. Dagger categories Ch 4. Dagger kernel logic Ch 5. Bohrification Bibliography Index of categories - 204 Index of notation - 206 Index of subjects - 208 Samenvatting - 212 Curriculum vitae - 214