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Indistinguishability and the origins of contextuality in physics
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issn:1471-2962
issn:1364-503X
Autor
Barros, J. Acacio de
Holik, Federico Hernán
Krause, Décio
Institución
Resumen
In this work, we discuss a formal way of dealing with the properties of contextual systems. Our approach is to assume that properties describing the same physical quantity, but belonging to different measurement contexts, are indistinguishable in a strong sense. To construct the formal theoretical structure, we develop a description using quasi-set theory, which is a settheoretical framework built to describe collections of elements that violate Leibnitz’s principle of identity of indiscernibles. This framework allows us to consider a new ontology in order to study the properties of quantum systems.
This article is part of the theme issue ‘Contextuality and probability in quantum mechanics and beyond’. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas