Limitations on cloning in classical mechanics

DOI10.1063/1.3676295zbMATH Open1273.70021arXiv1010.6103OpenAlexW2063622364MaRDI QIDQ2853602FDOQ2853602

Authors: Aaron Fenyes 

Publication date: 16 October 2013

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

Abstract: In this paper, we show that a result precisely analogous to the traditional quantum no-cloning theorem holds in classical mechanics. This classical no-cloning theorem does not prohibit classical cloning, we argue, because it is based on a too-restrictive definition of cloning. Using a less popular, more inclusive definition of cloning, we give examples of classical cloning processes. We also prove that a cloning machine must be at least as complicated as the object it is supposed to clone.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1010.6103

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Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Differential geometric methods (tensors, connections, symplectic, Poisson, contact, Riemannian, nonholonomic, etc.) for problems in mechanics (70G45) General and philosophical questions in quantum theory (81P05) Quantum state estimation, approximate cloning (81P50) Axiomatics, foundations (70A05)

Cites Work

• Quantum cloning
• Lectures on symplectic geometry

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