Redner Info | Theoretical Physics Group, Blackett Laboratory, Imperial College London |
Beginn | 02.09.2008, 15:00 Uhr |
Ort | TU Braunschweig, Mendelssohnstraße 3, Raum MS 3.3 |
Eingeladen durch | Prof. Dr. Jirí Adámek |
I will report on recent work with Chris Isham on the application of topos theory to physics. The Kochen-Specker theorem shows that a naive realist description of quantum systems is impossible. This can be understood as the inapplicability of Boolean logic to quantum systems. In order to arrive at a more realist description, one can use the internal logic of a certain topos of presheaves. The choice of this topos is irectly motivated from the Kochen-Specker theorem. I will show which structures within this topos are of physical significance and how propositions about physical quantities are assigned truth-values. The whole topos scheme is not bound to quantum theory, but allows for major generalisations, potentially in the direction of a future theory of quantum gravity. |
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