The Algebra of the Pseudo-Observables I: Why Quantum Mechanics is the ultimate description of Reality

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/1707.05633v6
• Date: Wed, 20 Aug 2025 07:48:19 GMT
• Title: The Algebra of the Pseudo-Observables I: Why Quantum Mechanics is the ultimate description of Reality
• Authors: Edoardo Piparo,
• Abstract summary: This paper introduces a new powerful algebra: the algebra of the pseudo-observables.<n>It is constructed by applying the Occam's razor principle, in order to obtain the minimal description of physical reality.
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• Abstract: This paper is the first of several parts introducing a new powerful algebra: the algebra of the pseudo-observables. This is a C*-algebra whose set is formed by formal expressions involving observables. The algebra is constructed by applying the Occam's razor principle, in order to obtain the minimal description of physical reality. Proceeding in such a manner, every aspect of quantum mechanics acquires a clear physical interpretation or a logical explanation, providing, for instance, in a natural way the reason for the structure of complex algebra and the matrix structure of the formulation of Werner Heisenberg of quantum mechanics. Last but not least, the very general hypotheses assumed, allow one to state that quantum mechanics is the unique minimal description of physical reality.

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