Tuesday, May 15, 2012

1205.2887 (Chris Fields)

Consistent quantum mechanics admits no mereotopology    [PDF]

Chris Fields
It is standardly assumed in discussions of quantum theory that physical systems can be regarded as having well-defined Hilbert spaces. It is shown here that a Hilbert space can be consistently partitioned only if its components are assumed not to interact. The assumption that physical systems have well-defined Hilbert spaces is, therefore, physically unwarranted.
View original: http://arxiv.org/abs/1205.2887

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