<p>We show that a category of causal contextuality scenarios with no cycles, unique causal bridges, and causally secured covers is equivalent to a category containing a subclass of the formerly published spacetime games, which generalize game theory to decisions arbitrarily located in Minkowski spacetime. This insight can lead to certain constructs and proofs being shorter, simpler, and more intuitive when expressed in the spacetime game framework than in the causal contextuality scenario framework. We argue that the requirement to have unique causal bridges does not lead to a loss of generality in the physical systems that can be modelled. The equivalence of categories and the modular structure of causal contextuality theory also opens the way to later building pure strategy sheaves, mixed strategy presheaves, and empirical models on top of spacetime games: the obstruction to a global section in the presence of contextuality corresponds to the non-existence of a mixed strategy in the sense of the Nash game theory framework. This shows that the insights of both frameworks taken together can contribute positively to advancing the field of quantum foundations.</p>

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Spacetime Games Subsume Causal Contextuality Scenarios

  • Ghislain Fourny

摘要

We show that a category of causal contextuality scenarios with no cycles, unique causal bridges, and causally secured covers is equivalent to a category containing a subclass of the formerly published spacetime games, which generalize game theory to decisions arbitrarily located in Minkowski spacetime. This insight can lead to certain constructs and proofs being shorter, simpler, and more intuitive when expressed in the spacetime game framework than in the causal contextuality scenario framework. We argue that the requirement to have unique causal bridges does not lead to a loss of generality in the physical systems that can be modelled. The equivalence of categories and the modular structure of causal contextuality theory also opens the way to later building pure strategy sheaves, mixed strategy presheaves, and empirical models on top of spacetime games: the obstruction to a global section in the presence of contextuality corresponds to the non-existence of a mixed strategy in the sense of the Nash game theory framework. This shows that the insights of both frameworks taken together can contribute positively to advancing the field of quantum foundations.