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We discuss some aspects of quantum logic within Bishop's constructivemathematics. In particular, we present a set of axioms that abstracts theconstructive properties of the lattices of subspaces and projections on a Hilbertspace.
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Bridges, D., Svozil, K. Constructive Mathematics and Quantum Physics. International Journal of Theoretical Physics 39, 503–515 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1003613131948
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