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On the lattice structure of quantum logic

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 April 2009

P.D. Finch
P.D. Finch
Affiliation:
Monash University, Clayton, Victoria.
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A weak logical structure is defined as a set of boolean propositional logics in which one can define common operations of negation and implication. The set union of the boolean components of a weak logical structure is a logic of propositions which is an orthocomplemented poset, where orthocomplementation is interpreted as negation and the partial order as implication. It is shown that if one can define on this logic an operation of logical conjunction which has certain plausible properties, then the logic has the structure of an orthomodular lattice. Conversely, if the logic is an orthomodular lattice then the conjunction operation may be defined on it.

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Research Article
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Bulletin of the Australian Mathematical Society , Volume 1 , Issue 3 , December 1969 , pp. 333 - 340
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Copyright © Australian Mathematical Society 1969

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