Wright, Victoria J and Weigert, Stefan orcid.org/0000-0002-6647-3252 (2021) General Probabilistic Theories with a Gleason-type Theorem. Quantum. 588. ISSN: 2521-327X
Abstract
Gleason-type theorems for quantum theory allow one to recover the quantum state space by assuming that (i) states consistently assign probabilities to measurement outcomes and that (ii) there is a unique state for every such assignment. We identify the class of general probabilistic theories which also admit Gleason-type theorems. It contains theories satisfying the no-restriction hypothesis as well as others which can simulate such an unrestricted theory arbitrarily well when allowing for post-selection on measurement outcomes. Our result also implies that the standard no-restriction hypothesis applied to effects is not equivalent to the dual no-restriction hypothesis applied to states which is found to be less restrictive.
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| Item Type: | Article |
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| Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © The Authors, 2021 |
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| Institution: | The University of York |
| Academic Units: | The University of York > Faculty of Sciences (York) > Mathematics (York) |
| Depositing User: | Pure (York) |
| Date Deposited: | 13 Jan 2023 09:20 |
| Last Modified: | 20 Sep 2025 01:56 |
| Published Version: | https://doi.org/10.22331/q-2021-11-25-588 |
| Status: | Published |
| Refereed: | Yes |
| Identification Number: | 10.22331/q-2021-11-25-588 |
| Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:195267 |
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