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Probability in Theories With Complex Dynamics and Hardy’s Fifth Axiom

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L. Hardy has formulated an axiomatization program of quantum mechanics and generalized probability theories that has been quite influential. In this paper, properties of typical Hamiltonian dynamical systems are used to argue that there are applications of probability in physical theories of systems with dynamical complexity that require continuous spaces of pure states. Hardy’s axiomatization program does not deal with such theories. In particular Hardy’s fifth axiom does not differentiate between such applications of classical probability and quantum probability.

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Burić, N. Probability in Theories With Complex Dynamics and Hardy’s Fifth Axiom. Found Phys 40, 1081–1087 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10701-010-9426-2

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