A discriminator variety of Gödel algebras with operators arising in quantum computation

  • Authors:
  • Roberto Giuntini;Hector Freytes;Antonio Ledda;Francesco Paoli

  • Affiliations:
  • Department of Education, University of Cagliari, Italy;Department of Education, University of Cagliari, Italy;Department of Education, University of Cagliari, Italy;Department of Education, University of Cagliari, Italy

  • Venue:
  • Fuzzy Sets and Systems
  • Year:
  • 2009

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Abstract

In order to appropriately model the strong quantum computational logic of Cattaneo et al., we introduce an expansion of ^' quasi-MV algebras by lattice operations and a Godel-like implication. We call the resulting algebras Godel quantum computational algebras, and we show that every such algebra arises as a pair algebra over a Heyting-Wajsberg algebra. After proving a standard completeness theorem, we prove that Godel quantum computational algebras form a discriminator variety and we point out some consequences thereof.