Memory, contextuality, instrumentality, and quantum mechanics

Jeff Tollaksen; John E. Gray

doi:10.1117/12.778100

3 April 2008 Memory, contextuality, instrumentality, and quantum mechanics

Jeff Tollaksen, John E. Gray

Proceedings Volume 6976, Quantum Information and Computation VI; 69760R (2008) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.778100
Event: SPIE Defense and Security Symposium, 2008, Orlando, Florida, United States

Abstract

We introduce the concept of memory of an instrument into quantum mechanics. The connection between quantum memory and contextuality arises via the lack of the Markov property of instrumentation. Also, a further connection is made between memory and gauge transformations that arises in the definition of distance relative to measurement.

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Jeff Tollaksen and John E. Gray "Memory, contextuality, instrumentality, and quantum mechanics", Proc. SPIE 6976, Quantum Information and Computation VI, 69760R (3 April 2008); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.778100

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