Bridging the gap between general probabilistic theories and the device-independent framework for nonlocality and contextuality

DOI10.1016/J.IC.2016.02.006zbMATH Open1353.81026arXiv1504.02395OpenAlexW2132862052MaRDI QIDQ320197FDOQ320197

Xiao Yuan, Giulio Chiribella

Publication date: 6 October 2016

Published in: Information and Computation (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Characterizing quantum correlations in terms of information-theoretic principles is a popular chapter of quantum foundations. Traditionally, the principles adopted for this scope have been expressed in terms of conditional probability distributions, specifying the probability that a black box produces a certain output upon receiving a certain input. This framework is known as "device-independent". Another major chapter of quantum foundations is the information-theoretic characterization of quantum theory, with its sets of states and measurements, and with its allowed dynamics. The different frameworks adopted for this scope are known under the umbrella term "general probabilistic theories". With only a few exceptions, the two programmes on characterizing quantum correlations and characterizing quantum theory have so far proceeded on separate tracks, each one developing its own methods and its own agenda. This paper aims at bridging the gap, by comparing the two frameworks and illustrating how the two programmes can benefit each other.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1504.02395

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Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Bayesian problems; characterization of Bayes procedures (62C10) General and philosophical questions in quantum theory (81P05) Contextuality in quantum theory (81P13) Quantum coherence, entanglement, quantum correlations (81P40)

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