The average value inequality in sequential effect algebras

Abstract

A sequential effect algebra $(E,0,1,\oplus ,\circ )$ is an effect algebra on which a sequential product $\circ$ with certain physics properties is defined, in particular, sequential effect algebra is an important model for studying quantum measurement theory. In 2005, Gudder asked the following problem: If $a,b\in (E,0,1,\oplus ,\circ )$ and $a\perp b$ and $a\circ b\perp a\circ b$, is it the case that $2(a\circ b)\le a^2\oplus b^2$ ? In this paper, we construct an example to answer the problem negatively.