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1School of Informatics, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH8 9AB, United Kingdom; chris.heunen@ed.ac.uk.
Abstract:
We provide axioms that guarantee a category is equivalent to that of continuous linear functions between Hilbert spaces. The axioms are purely categorical and do not presuppose any analytical structure. This addresses a question about the mathematical foundations of quantum theory raised in reconstruction programs such as those of von Neumann, Mackey, Jauch, Piron, Abramsky, and Coecke.
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