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We present a model that allows one to build structures that evolve continuously from classical to quantum, and we study the intermediate situations, giving rise to structures that are neither classical nor quantum. We construct the closure structure corresponding to the collection of eigenstate sets of these intermediate situations, and demonstrate how the superposition principle disappears during the transition from quantum to classical. We investigate the validity of the axioms of quantum mechanics for the intermediate situations.
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Aerts, D., Durt, T. Quantum, classical and intermediate: An illustrative example. Found Phys 24, 1353–1369 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02283037
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02283037