Quantitative relations between different measurement contexts

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2305.14873v3
• Date: Thu, 8 Feb 2024 06:42:42 GMT
• Title: Quantitative relations between different measurement contexts
• Authors: Ming Ji and Holger F. Hofmann
• Abstract summary: In quantum theory, a measurement context is defined by an basis in a Hilbert space, where each basis vector represents a specific measurement outcome. We show that the probabilities that describe the paradoxes of quantum contextuality can be derived from a very small number of inner products. The nonlocality of quantum entanglement can be traced back to a local inner product representing the relation between measurement contexts in only one system.
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• Abstract: In quantum theory, a measurement context is defined by an orthogonal basis in a Hilbert space, where each basis vector represents a specific measurement outcome. The precise quantitative relation between two different measurement contexts can thus be characterized by the inner products of nonorthogonal states in that Hilbert space. Here, we use measurement outcomes that are shared by different contexts to derive specific quantitative relations between the inner products of the Hilbert space vectors that represent the different contexts. It is shown that the probabilities that describe the paradoxes of quantum contextuality can be derived from a very small number of inner products, revealing details of the fundamental relations between measurement contexts that go beyond a basic violation of noncontextual limits. The application of our analysis to a product space of two systems reveals that the nonlocality of quantum entanglement can be traced back to a local inner product representing the relation between measurement contexts in only one system. Our results thus indicate that the essential nonclassical features of quantum mechanics can be traced back to the fundamental difference between quantum superpositions and classical alternatives.

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