Complex and unpredictable Cardano

DOI10.1007/S10773-008-9775-1MaRDI QIDQ943985zbMATH OpenOpenAlexWikidataFDO

Authors Artur Ekert

Publication date 12 September 2008

Published in International Journal of Theoretical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/0806.0485

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Quantum computation (81P68) General and philosophical questions in quantum theory (81P05) History of quantum theory (81-03)

Abstract: This purely recreational paper is about one of the most colorful characters of the Italian Renaissance, Girolamo Cardano, and the discovery of two basic ingredients of quantum theory, probability and complex numbers. The paper is dedicated to Giuseppe Castagnoli on the occasion of his 65th birthday. Back in the early 1990s, Giuseppe instigated a series of meetings at Villa Gualino, in Torino, which brought together few scattered individuals interested in the physics of computation. By doing so he effectively created and consolidated a vibrant and friendly community of researchers devoted to quantum information science. Many thanks for that!

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