Minimal Disturbance in Quantum Logic
- 1 January 1988
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in PSA: Proceedings of the Biennial Meeting of the Philosophy of Science Association
- Vol. 1988 (1) , 83-88
- https://doi.org/10.1086/psaprocbienmeetp.1988.1.192972
Abstract
I construct a quantum-logical model of the type of situation that seems to be at the root of the problem of interpreting the projection postulate (Luders' rule) as a criterion of minimal disturbance. It is shown that the most natural way of characterizing minimal disturbance leads to contradictory conclusions concerning the final state.Keywords
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