Abstract
A simple noncommutative probability theory is presented, and two examples for the difference between that theory and the classical theory are shown. The first example is the well-known formulation of the Heisenberg uncertainty principle in terms of a variance inequality and the second example is an interpretatio of the Bell paradox in terms of noncommuntative probability.
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Bar-Natan, D. Two examples in noncommutative probability. Found Phys 19, 97–104 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00737769
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00737769