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Embedding Quantum Universes in Classical Ones

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Do the partial order and ortholattice operations of a quantum logic correspond to the logical implication and connectives of classical logic? Rephrased, How far might a classical understanding of quantum mechanics be, in principle, possible? A celebrated result of Kochen and Specker answers the above question in the negative. However, this answer is just one among various possible ones, not all negative. It is our aim to discuss the above question in terms of mappings of quantum worlds into classical ones, more specifically, in terms of embeddings of quantum logics into classical logics; depending upon the type of restrictions imposed on embeddings, the question may get negative or positive answers.

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Calude, C.S., Hertling, P.H. & Svozil, K. Embedding Quantum Universes in Classical Ones. Foundations of Physics 29, 349–379 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1018862730956

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