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Relational Quantum Mechanics and Contextuality

URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2308.08922v2
Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2023 09:45:49 GMT
Title: Relational Quantum Mechanics and Contextuality
Authors: Calum J. Robson
Abstract summary: I discuss the hypothesis that RQM follows contextuality that changes the system. I then examine how the approach of quantum logic in formal histories can be used to clarify which information about a system can be shared between different observers.
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License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Abstract: This paper discusses several issues around Relational Quantum Mechanics. First, I discuss possible ontologies underlying the interpretation, before settling on the hypothesis that RQM follows from contextuality of measurements, due to quantum measurements changing the system measured. I then examine how the approach to quantum logic in the consistent histories formalism can be used to clarify which information about a system can be shared between different observers. Finally I discuss the similarities and differences between special relativity and RQM.

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