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From Born rule to large deviations

Kazuya Okamura

Published Jan 1, 2012• 1 citation

Abstract

We formulate sector theory and quantum measurement theory in algebraic quantum theory, and derive Born rule on the basis of them. Then, a quantum version of Sanov's theorem is presented in order to show the consistency between the derivation of Born rule in the paper and large deviation type estimate.

DOI: 10.1063/1.4773161

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