Tense logic based on finite orthomodular posets

TL;DR

This paper introduces a tense logic framework for finite orthomodular posets, integrating a time dimension into quantum logic, and explores properties of the resulting tense operators.

Contribution

It develops a method to define tense operators on finite orthomodular posets, extending quantum logic with temporal aspects and analyzing their properties.

Findings

Some tense operators form a dynamic pair.

Preservation of conjunction implies preservation of implication.

Construction of time preference relations from tense operators.

Abstract

It is widely accepted that the logic of quantum mechanics is based on orthomodular posets. However, such a logic is not dynamic in the sense that it does not incorporate time dimension. To fill this gap, we introduce certain tense operators on such a logic in an inexact way, but still satisfying requirements asked on tense operators in the classical logic based on Boolean algebras or in various non-classical logics. Our construction of tense operators works perfectly when the orthomodular poset in question is finite. We investigate the behaviour of these tense operators, e.g. we show that some of them form a dynamic pair. Moreover, we prove that if the tense operators preserve one of the inexact connectives conjunction or implication as defined by the authors recently in another paper, then they also preserve the other one. Finally, we show how to construct the binary relation of time preference on a given time set provided the tense operators are given, up to equivalence induced by natural quasiorders.