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Structural Characterization of Compoundness

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We recover the rays in the tensor product of Hilbert spaces within a larger classof so-called “states of compoundness”, structured as a complete lattice with the'state of separation'as its top element. At the base of the construction lies theassumption that the cause of actuality of a property of one individual entity isthe actuality of a property of the other.

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Coecke, B. Structural Characterization of Compoundness. International Journal of Theoretical Physics 39, 585–594 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1003677418744

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