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This axiomatization is based on the observation that ifG is the group of automorphisms of the states (induced, e.g., by suitable evolutions), then we can define a spherical function by mapping each element ofG to the matrix of its transition probabilities. Starting from five physically conservative axioms, we utilize the correspondence between spherical functions and representations to apply the structure theory for compact Lie groups and their orbits in representation spaces to arrive at the standard complex Hilbert space structure of quantum mechanics.
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Ax, J. Group-theoretic treatment of the axioms of quantum mechanics. Found Phys 6, 371–399 (1976). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00715028
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