Banach-Tarski Paradoxes in Quantum Mechanics

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Authors: Abhishek Mehta
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Abstract

We show that Quantum Mechanical Hilbert space can be paradoxical under some group action and explore its physical consequences. (1) Is there a more natural way of resolving the paradox of Wigner’s friend without invoking the Heisenberg’s cut?; (2) We notice the qualitative similarities between the paradox and paradoxical sets and use it as a motivation to rigorously prove that the Hilbert space H of the harmonic oscillator is paradoxical under the group action U ≤ U(H) × U(1); (3) This paradoxical nature of the Hilbert space H provides the natural resolution for the paradox by using the Axiom of Choice instead of the Heisenberg’s cut; (4) Finally, we show that due to the very same paradoxical nature of H, certain class of quantum gravities naturally emerge from Quantum Mechanics that mediates a self-decoherence of the system.

Fields of Study & Subjects

Quantum Mechanics and Applications Noncommutative and Quantum Gravity Theories Advanced Operator Algebra Research

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Journal / source
Preprints.org
Publication date
11 February 2026
Language
EN
Document type
Preprint