QBism Logic

arXiv:2607.17174v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: QBism interprets quantum theory as a normative discipline for an agent's probability assignments and their revision across possible experience. This paper develops a logical formalization of that picture. A well-formed core datum consists of an admissible prior space, a finite family of actual measurements, Born kernels, and update kernels. For each such datum, we introduce a guarded dynamic language for histories and posterior states and prove a global reduction theorem. We next consider effectively semialgebraic data over an effectively presented real closed field. For data in this class, we translate the fragment without dynamic operators into first-order formulas in the corresponding language of ordered rings, thereby reducing validity to first-order reasoning over real closed fields. Together, the reduction and first-order translation yield a sound and complete recursive calculus and a decision procedure for validity. Finally, assuming a symmetric informationally complete (SIC) reference measurement, we show that quantum theory in finite dimensions realizes the framework through SIC coordinates, POVMs, and quantum instruments. We also prove that the corresponding SIC image satisfies the standard qplex geometry conditions, namely the consistency bounds and the lower polar condition, and that under explicit coefficient field hypotheses the resulting quantum datum is effectively semialgebraic.

Abstract:QBism interprets quantum theory as a normative discipline for an agent's probability assignments and their revision across possible experience. This paper develops a logical formalization of that picture. A well-formed core datum consists of an admissible prior space, a finite family of actual measurements, Born kernels, and update kernels. For each such datum, we introduce a guarded dynamic language for histories and posterior states and prove a global reduction theorem. We next consider effectively semialgebraic data over an effectively presented real closed field. For data in this class, we translate the fragment without dynamic operators into first-order formulas in the corresponding language of ordered rings, thereby reducing validity to first-order reasoning over real closed fields. Together, the reduction and first-order translation yield a sound and complete recursive calculus and a decision procedure for validity. Finally, assuming a symmetric informationally complete (SIC) reference measurement, we show that quantum theory in finite dimensions realizes the framework through SIC coordinates, POVMs, and quantum instruments. We also prove that the corresponding SIC image satisfies the standard qplex geometry conditions, namely the consistency bounds and the lower polar condition, and that under explicit coefficient field hypotheses the resulting quantum datum is effectively semialgebraic.

Quantum Physics (quant-ph); Logic (math.LO)

arXiv:2607.17174 [quant-ph]

(or arXiv:2607.17174v1 [quant-ph] for this version)

https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2607.17174 Focus to learn more arXiv-issued DOI via DataCite (pending registration)

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