Axioms for the category of Hilbert spaces

preprint2022arXivOpen access

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 programmes such as those of von Neumann, Mackey, Jauch, Piron, Abramsky, and Coecke.

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