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César Massri

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arXiv2018

The Logos Categorical Approach to Quantum Mechanics: III. Relational Potential Coding and Quantum Entanglement Beyond Collapses, Pure States and Particle Metaphysics

In this paper we consider the notion of quantum entanglement from the perspective of the logos categorical approach [26, 27]. Firstly, we will argue that the widespread distinctions, on the one hand, between pure states and mixed states, and on the other, between separable states and entangled states, are completely superfluous when considering the orthodox mathematical formalism of QM. We will then argue that the introduction of these distinctions within the theory of quanta is due to another two completely unjustified metaphysical presuppositions, namely, the idea that there is a "collapse" of quantum states when being measured and the idea that QM talks about "elementary particles". At distance from these distinctions and taking the logos approach as a standpoint, we will propose an objective formal account of the notion of entanglement in terms of potential coding which introduces the necessary distinction between intensive relations and effective relations. We will also discuss how this new definition of entanglement provides an anschaulich content to this --supposedly "spooky"-- quantum relational feature.

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arXiv2018

The Logos Categorical Approach to QM: II. Quantum Superpositions

In this paper we attempt to consider quantum superpositions from the perspective of the logos categorical approach presented in [26]. We will argue that our approach allows us not only to better visualize the structural features of quantum superpositions providing an anschaulich content to all terms, but also to restore --through the intensive valuation of graphs and the notion of immanent power-- an objective representation of what QM is really talking about. In particular, we will discuss how superpositions relate to some of the main features of the theory of quanta, namely, contextuality, paraconsistency, probability and measurement.

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arXiv2018

The Logos Categorical Approach to Quantum Mechanics: I. Kochen-Specker Contextuality and Global Intensive Valuations

In this paper we present a new categorical approach which attempts to provide an original understanding of QM. Our logos categorical approach attempts to consider the main features of the quantum formalism as the standpoint to develop a conceptual representation that explains what the theory is really talking about --rather than as problems that need to be bypassed in order to allow a restoration of a classical "common sense" understanding of what there is. In particular, we discuss a solution to Kochen-Specker contextuality through the generalization of the meaning of global valuation. This idea has been already addressed by the so called topos approach to QM --originally proposed by Isham, Butterfield and Döring-- in terms of sieve-valued valuations. The logos approach to QM presents a different solution in terms of the notion of intensive valuation. This new solution stresses an ontological (rather than epistemic) reading of the quantum formalism and the need to restore an objective (rather than classical) conceptual representation and understanding of quantum physical reality.

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arXiv2017

Solving congruence equations using Bernstein forms

We present a subdivision method to solve systems of congruence equations. This method is inspired in a subdivision method, based on Bernstein forms, to solve systems of polynomial inequalities in several variables and arbitrary degrees. The proposed method is exponential in the number of variables.

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arXiv2017

Stability of logarithmic differential one-forms

This article deals with the irreducible components of the space of codimension one foliations in a projective space defined by logarithmic forms of a certain degree. We study the geometry of the natural parametrization of the logarithmic components and we give a new proof of the stability of logarithmic foliations, obtaining also that these irreducible components are reduced.

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arXiv2017

The Kupka Scheme and Unfoldings

Let $ω$ be a differential 1-form defining an algebraic foliation of codimension 1 in projective space. In this article we use commutative algebra to study the singular locus of $ω$ through its ideal of definition. Then, we expose the relation between the ideal defining the Kupka components of the singular set of $ω$ and the first order unfoldings of $ω$. Exploiting this relation, we show that the set of Kupka points of $ω$ is generically not empty. As an application of this results, we can compute the ideal of first order unfoldings for some known components of the space of foliations.

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arXiv2015

Solving a sparse systems using linear algebra

We give a new theoretical tool to solve sparse systems with finitely many solutions. It is based on toric varieties and basic linear algebra; eigenvalues, eigenvectors and coefficient matrices. We adapt Eigenvalue theorem and Eigenvector theorem to work with a canonical rectangular matrix (the first Koszul map) and prove that these new theorems serve to solve overdetermined sparse systems and to count the expected number of solutions.

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arXiv2011

On the lattice structure of probability spaces in quantum mechanics

Let C be the set of all possible quantum states. We study the convex subsets of C with attention focused on the lattice theoretical structure of these convex subsets and, as a result, find a framework capable of unifying several aspects of quantum mechanics, including entanglement and Jaynes' Max-Ent principle. We also encounter links with entanglement witnesses, which leads to a new separability criteria expressed in lattice language. We also provide an extension of a separability criteria based on convex polytopes to the infinite dimensional case and show that it reveals interesting facets concerning the geometrical structure of the convex subsets. It is seen that the above mentioned framework is also capable of generalization to any statistical theory via the so-called convex operational models' approach. In particular, we show how to extend the geometrical structure underlying entanglement to any statistical model, an extension which may be useful for studying correlations in different generalizations of quantum mechanics.

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