Extended statistical modeling under symmetry; the link toward quantum mechanics

Annals of Statistics

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 42-77

  Helland, Inge S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Born's formula; Complementarity; Complete sufficient statistics; Gleason's theorem; Group representation; Hilbert space; Model reduction; Quantum mechanics; Quantum theory; Symmetry; Transition probability

Indexed keywords

EID: 33744811702     PISSN: 00905364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1214/009053605000000868     Document Type: Article

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