Connecting classical finite exchangeability to quantum theory

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2306.03869v1
• Date: Tue, 6 Jun 2023 17:15:19 GMT
• Title: Connecting classical finite exchangeability to quantum theory
• Authors: Alessio Benavoli and Alessandro Facchini and Marco Zaffalon
• Abstract summary: Exchangeability is a fundamental concept in probability theory and statistics. We show how a de Finetti-like representation theorem for finitely exchangeable sequences requires a mathematical representation which is formally equivalent to quantum theory.
• Score: 69.62715388742298
• License: http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
• Abstract: Exchangeability is a fundamental concept in probability theory and statistics. It allows to model situations where the order of observations does not matter. The classical de Finetti's theorem provides a representation of infinitely exchangeable sequences of random variables as mixtures of independent and identically distributed variables. The quantum de Finetti theorem extends this result to symmetric quantum states on tensor product Hilbert spaces. However, both theorems do not hold for finitely exchangeable sequences. The aim of this work is to investigate two lesser-known representation theorems. Developed in classical probability theory, they extend de Finetti's theorem to finitely exchangeable sequences by using quasi-probabilities and quasi-expectations. With the aid of these theorems, we illustrate how a de Finetti-like representation theorem for finitely exchangeable sequences requires a mathematical representation which is formally equivalent to quantum theory (with boson-symmetric density matrices).

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