2 research outputs found
State Vector Reduction as a Shadow of a Noncommutative Dynamics
A model, based on a noncommutative geometry, unifying general relativity with
quantum mechanics, is further develped. It is shown that the dynamics in this
model can be described in terms of one-parameter groups of random operators. It
is striking that the noncommutative counterparts of the concept of state and
that of probability measure coincide. We also demonstrate that the equation
describing noncommutative dynamics in the quantum gravitational approximation
gives the standard unitary evolution of observables, and in the "space-time
limit" it leads to the state vector reduction. The cases of the spin and
position operators are discussed in details.Comment: 20 pages, LaTex, no figure
Anatomy of Malicious Singularities
As well known, the b-boundaries of the closed Friedman world model and of
Schwarzschild solution consist of a single point. We study this phenomenon in a
broader context of differential and structured spaces. We show that it is an
equivalence relation , defined on the Cauchy completed total space
of the frame bundle over a given space-time, that is responsible for
this pathology. A singularity is called malicious if the equivalence class
related to the singularity remains in close contact with all other
equivalence classes, i.e., if for every . We
formulate conditions for which such a situation occurs. The differential
structure of any space-time with malicious singularities consists only of
constant functions which means that, from the topological point of view,
everything collapses to a single point. It was noncommutative geometry that was
especially devised to deal with such situations. A noncommutative algebra on
, which turns out to be a von Neumann algebra of random operators,
allows us to study probabilistic properties (in a generalized sense) of
malicious singularities. Our main result is that, in the noncommutative regime,
even the strongest singularities are probabilistically irrelevant.Comment: 16 pages in LaTe