quantum logic

noun

A form of non-classical logic which has been abstracted out of quantum mechanics.

“The representation theorem (for quantum logic) shows that these quantum logics form a lattice which is isomorphic to the lattice of subspaces of a vector space with a scalar product.ᵂᴾ”

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Meanings

nounquantum logic (plural quantum logics)

plural quantum logics

  1. quantum mechanicshuman sciencesA form of non-classical logic which has been abstracted out of quantum mechanics.
  2. quantum mechanicshuman sciencesA set of events that is closed under a countable disjunction of countably many mutually exclusive events.ᵂᴾ

    The representation theorem (for quantum logic) shows that these quantum logics form a lattice which is isomorphic to the lattice of subspaces of a vector space with a scalar product.ᵂᴾ

Translations

Finnish kvanttilogiikka
  • kvanttilogiikkaa form of non-classical logic
French logique quantique
  • logique quantiquea form of non-classical logic
German Quantenlogik
  • Quantenlogika form of non-classical logic
Polish logika kwantowa
  • logika kwantowaa form of non-classical logic
Romanian logică cuantică
  • logică cuanticăa form of non-classical logic
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