Quantum temporal logic and decoherence functionals in the histories approach to generalized quantum theory
- 1 October 1994
- journal article
- research article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Journal of Mathematical Physics
- Vol. 35 (10) , 5452-5476
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.530759
Abstract
The recent suggestion that a temporal form of quantum logic provides the natural mathematical framework within which to discuss the proposal by Gell-Mann and Hartle for a generalized form of quantum theory based on the ideas of histories and decoherence functionals is analyzed and developed herein. Particular stress is placed on properties of the space of decoherence functionals, including one way in which certain global and topological properties of a classical system are reflected in a quantum history theory.Keywords
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