arXiv:0810.2871 · Physics of Particles and Nuclei Letters

Individual events and mathematical formalism of quantum mechanics

D. A. Slavnov

Published Nov 19, 2009• 0 citations

Abstract

We describe a scheme for constructing quantum mechanics in which the Hilbert space and linear operators are only secondary structures of the theory, while the primary structures are the elements of a non-commutative algebra (observables) and the functionals on this algebra, associated with the results of a single observation.

DOI: 10.1134/s1547477109070048

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