Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics – General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
Scientific paper
2001-09-16
Int.J.Theor.Phys. 42 (2003) 2025-2041
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
29 pages, 8 figures
Scientific paper
We give a mathematical framework to describe the evolution of an open quantum systems subjected to finitely many interactions with classical apparatuses. The systems in question may be composed of distinct, spatially separated subsystems which evolve independently but may also interact. This evolution, driven both by unitary operators and measurements, is coded in a precise mathematical structure in such a way that the crucial properties of causality, covariance and entanglement are faithfully represented. We show how our framework may be expressed using the language of (poly)categories and functors. Remarkably, important physical consequences - such as covariance - follow directly from the functoriality of our axioms. We establish strong links between the physical picture we propose and linear logic. Specifically we show that the refined logical connectives of linear logic can be used to describe the entanglements of subsystems in a precise way. Furthermore, we show that there is a precise correspondence between the evolution of a given system and deductions in a certain formal logical system based on the rules of linear logic. This framework generalizes and enriches both causal posets and the histories approach to quantum mechanics.
Blute Richard
Ivanov Ivan T.
Panangaden Prakash
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