Quantum probability rule : a generalization of the theorems of Gleason and Busch

Barnett, Stephen M. and Cresser, James D. and Jeffers, John and Pegg, David T. (2014) Quantum probability rule : a generalization of the theorems of Gleason and Busch. New Journal of Physics, 16. 043025. ISSN 1367-2630 (https://doi.org/10.1088/1367-2630/16/4/043025)

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Abstract

Buschs theorem deriving the standard quantum probability rule can be regarded as a more general form of Gleasons theorem. Here we show that a further generalization is possible by reducing the number of quantum postulates used by Busch. We do not assume that the positive measurement outcome operators are effects or that they form a probability operator measure. We derive a more general probability rule from which the standard rule can be obtained from the normal laws of probability when there is no measurement outcome information available, without the need for further quantum postulates. Our general probability rule has prediction-retrodiction symmetry and we show how it may be applied in quantum communications and in retrodictive quantum theory.

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Barnett, Stephen M., Cresser, James D., Jeffers, John ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8573-1675 and Pegg, David T.;
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