Derivation of the rules of quantum mechanics from information-theoretic axioms

DOI10.1007/s10701-011-9603-yzbMath1243.81032arXiv1010.5300OpenAlexW3105471072MaRDI QIDQ421253

Daniel I. Fivel

Publication date: 23 May 2012

Published in: Foundations of Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1010.5300

zbMATH Keywords

information theoryaxioms for quantum mechanics

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

General and philosophical questions in quantum theory (81P05) Quantum measurement theory, state operations, state preparations (81P15) Measures of information, entropy (94A17) Quantum state spaces, operational and probabilistic concepts (81P16)

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• Theory of filters
• The logic of quantum mechanics
• Alan Turing: Life and Legacy of a Great Thinker
• Geometry underlying no-hidden-variable theorems

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