On the logic resolution of the wave particle duality paradox in quantum mechanics (Extended abstract)

M.A. Nait Abdallah (1, 2)

1 SERENA - Simulation for the Environment: Reliable and Efficient Numerical Algorithms
2 UWO - University of Western Ontario

In this paper, we consider three landmark experiments of quantum physics and discuss the related wave particle duality paradox. We present a formalization, in terms of formal logic, of single photon self-interference. We show that the wave particle duality paradox appears, from the logic point of view, in the form of two distinct fallacies: the hard information fallacy and the exhaustive disjunction fallacy. We show that each fallacy points out some fundamental aspect of quantum physical systems and we present a logic solution to the paradox.

Domaines: Physique Quantique [quant-ph]; Logique en informatique [cs.LO]

M.A. Nait Abdallah. On the logic resolution of the wave particle duality paradox in quantum mechanics (Extended abstract). 2016. ⟨hal-01303223⟩