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On the structure of the quantum-mechanical probability models

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In this paper the role of the mathematical probability models in the classical and quantum physics is shortly analyzed. In particular the formal structure of the quantum probability spaces (QPS) is contrasted with the usual Kolmogorovian models of probability by putting in evidence the connections between this structure and the fundamental principles of the quantum mechanics. The fact that there is no unique Kolmogorovian model reproducing a QPS is recognized as one of the main reasons of the paradoxical behaviors pointed out in the quantum theory from its early days.

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  1. Dipartimento di Fisica dell' Universitá ed Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, via Amendola 173, 70126, Bari, Italy

    Nicola Cufaro-Petroni

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Paper written in honor of L. de Broglie.

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Cufaro-Petroni, N. On the structure of the quantum-mechanical probability models. Found Phys 22, 1379–1401 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01883666

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