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On the set representation of an orthomodular poset

John HardingPavel Pták — 2001

Colloquium Mathematicae

Let P be an orthomodular poset and let B be a Boolean subalgebra of P. A mapping s:P → ⟨0,1⟩ is said to be a centrally additive B-state if it is order preserving, satisfies s(a') = 1 - s(a), is additive on couples that contain a central element, and restricts to a state on B. It is shown that, for any Boolean subalgebra B of P, P has an abundance of two-valued centrally additive B-states. This answers positively a question raised in [13, Open question, p. 13]. As a consequence one obtains a somewhat...

Symmetric difference on orthomodular lattices and Z 2 -valued states

Milan MatoušekPavel Pták — 2009

Commentationes Mathematicae Universitatis Carolinae

The investigation of orthocomplemented lattices with a symmetric difference initiated the following question: Which orthomodular lattice can be embedded in an orthomodular lattice that allows for a symmetric difference? In this paper we present a necessary condition for such an embedding to exist. The condition is expressed in terms of Z 2 -valued states and enables one, as a consequence, to clarify the situation in the important case of the lattice of projections in a Hilbert space.

Relatively additive states on quantum logics

Pavel PtákHans Weber — 2005

Commentationes Mathematicae Universitatis Carolinae

In this paper we carry on the investigation of partially additive states on quantum logics (see [2], [5], [7], [8], [11], [12], [15], [18], etc.). We study a variant of weak states — the states which are additive with respect to a given Boolean subalgebra. In the first result we show that there are many quantum logics which do not possess any 2-additive central states (any logic possesses an abundance of 1-additive central state — see [12]). In the second result we construct a finite 3-homogeneous...

A measure-theoretic characterization of Boolean algebras among orthomodular lattices

Pavel PtákSylvia Pulmannová — 1994

Commentationes Mathematicae Universitatis Carolinae

We investigate subadditive measures on orthomodular lattices. We show as the main result that an orthomodular lattice has to be distributive (=Boolean) if it possesses a unital set of subadditive probability measures. This result may find an application in the foundation of quantum theories, mathematical logic, or elsewhere.

Orthomodular lattices with state-separated noncompatible pairs

R. MayetPavel Pták — 2000

Czechoslovak Mathematical Journal

In the logico-algebraic foundation of quantum mechanics one often deals with the orthomodular lattices (OML) which enjoy state-separating properties of noncompatible pairs (see e.g. , and ). These properties usually guarantee reasonable “richness” of the state space—an assumption needed in developing the theory of quantum logics. In this note we consider these classes of OMLs from the universal algebra standpoint, showing, as the main result, that these classes form quasivarieties. We also illustrate...

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