On algebras of multidimensional probabilities |
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Authors: | G Dorfer D Dorninger H Länger |
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Institution: | 1.Institute of Discrete Mathematics and Geometry,Vienna University of Technology,Vienna,Austria |
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Abstract: | The probability p(s) of the occurrence of an event pertaining to a physical system which is observed in different states s determines a function p from the set S of states of the system to 0, 1]. The function p is called a multidimensional probability or numerical event. Sets of numerical events which are structured either by partially
ordering the functions p and considering orthocomplementation or by introducing operations + and · in order to generalize the notion of Boolean rings
representing classical event fields are studied with the goal to relate the algebraic operations + and · to the sum and product
of real functions and thus to distinguish between classical and quantum mechanical behaviour of the physical system. Necessary
and sufficient conditions for this are derived, as well for the case that the functions p can assume any value between 0 and 1 as for the special cases that the values of p are restricted to two or three different outcomes. |
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