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An n-dimensional quantum observable in quantum structures is a kind of a σ-homomorphism defined on the Borel σ-algebra of \(\mathbb R^{n}\) with values in a monotone σ-complete effect algebra or in a σ-complete MV-algebra. It defines an n-dimensional spectral resolution that is a mapping from \(\mathbb R^{n}\) into the quantum structure which is a monotone, left-continuous mapping with non-negative increments and which is going to 0 if one variable goes to \(-\infty \) and it goes to 1 if all variables go to \(+\infty \). The basic question is to show when an n-dimensional spectral resolution entails an n-dimensional quantum observable. We show cases when this is possible and we apply the result to existence of three different kinds of joint observables.
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Dvurečenskij, A., Lachman, D. Spectral Resolutions and Quantum Observables. Int J Theor Phys 59, 2362–2383 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10773-020-04507-z
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