{
  "id": "1305.1262",
  "version": "v1",
  "published": "2013-05-06T17:59:40.000Z",
  "updated": "2013-05-06T17:59:40.000Z",
  "title": "Weakening the Born Rule - Towards a Stateless Formulation of Quantum Mechanics",
  "authors": [
    "Olivier Brunet"
  ],
  "categories": [
    "quant-ph",
    "math.LO"
  ],
  "abstract": "The notion of state vector is, in quantum mechanics, as central as it is problematic, as illustrates the wealth of publications about the sub- jects, including in particular the many attempts to obtain an acceptable interpretation of quantum mechanics. In this article, we propose a different approach, and initiate the study of a formulation of quantum mechanics, where the notion of state is entirely replaced by assertions about measurement outcomes. We define a notion of \"verification\" which represents the knowledge that one may have about the possible outcomes of the measurements performed on a quantum system, and express a set of logical rules which allow to reason about quantum systems using verification assertions only, and thus making no reference to the problematic notion of state.",
  "revisions": [
    {
      "version": "v1",
      "updated": "2013-05-06T17:59:40.000Z"
    }
  ],
  "analyses": {
    "keywords": [
      "quantum mechanics",
      "born rule",
      "stateless formulation",
      "quantum system",
      "state vector"
    ],
    "note": {
      "typesetting": "TeX",
      "pages": 0,
      "language": "en",
      "license": "arXiv",
      "status": "editable",
      "adsabs": "2013arXiv1305.1262B"
    }
  }
}