Non-Kolmogorovian Probabilities and Quantum Technologies

Entropy (Basel). 2022 Nov 15;24(11):1666. doi: 10.3390/e24111666.

Abstract

In this work, we focus on the philosophical aspects and technical challenges that underlie the axiomatization of the non-Kolmogorovian probability framework, in connection with the problem of quantum contextuality. This fundamental feature of quantum theory has received a lot of attention recently, given that it might be connected to the speed-up of quantum computers-a phenomenon that is not fully understood. Although this problem has been extensively studied in the physics community, there are still many philosophical questions that should be properly formulated. We analyzed different problems from a conceptual standpoint using the non-Kolmogorovian probability approach as a technical tool.

Keywords: non-Kolmogorovian probability; philosophy of quantum physics; quantum technologies.

Grants and funding

This research was funded by Agencia Nacional de Promoción Científica y Tecnológica grant number PICT- 2019-2019-01272.