Quantum theory, namely the pure and reversible theory of information
type: Item
instance of: scholarly article
title: Quantum theory, namely the pure and reversible theory of information
zbMATH Open document ID: 1296.81017
author: Giulio Chiribella
author: Paolo Perinotti
author: Giacomo Mauro D'Ariano
published in: Entropy
publication date: 2014-09-08T00:00:00Z
full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1506.00398
review text: Summary: After more than a century since its birth, Quantum Theory still eludes our understanding. If asked to describe it, we have to resort to abstract and ad hoc principles about complex Hilbert spaces. How is it possible that a fundamental physical theory cannot be described using the ordinary language of Physics? Here we offer a contribution to the problem from the angle of Quantum Information, providing a short non-technical presentation of a recent derivation of Quantum Theory from information-theoretic principles. The broad picture emerging from the principles is that Quantum Theory is the only standard theory of information that is compatible with the purity and reversibility of physical processes.
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 81P45
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 81P05
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 81Q65
zbMATH DE Number: 6341045
zbMATH Keywords: foundations of quantum mechanics
zbMATH Keywords: quantum information
zbMATH Keywords: purification
MaRDI profile type: Publication
OpenAlex ID: W2045308005
Wikidata QID: Q62040191
arXiv ID: 1506.00398
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DBLP publication ID: journals/entropy/ChiribellaDP12
DOI: 10.3390/E14101877
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