Physical Limits on Self-Replication Processes

DOI10.1007/S11080-006-8218-9zbMATH Open1101.81019arXivquant-ph/0508086OpenAlexW2142977464MaRDI QIDQ3408874FDOQ3408874

Authors: Robert Alicki 

Publication date: 3 November 2006

Published in: Open Systems & Information Dynamics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Using few very general axioms which should be satisfied by any reasonable theory consistent with general physical principles and some more recent results concerning "broadcasting" of quantum states we show that: a) only classical information can self-replicate perfectly, b) "parent" and "offspring" must be strongly correlated, c) "separation of species" is possible only in a non-homogeneous environment. To illustrate the existence of theoretical schemes which possess both classical and quantum features, we present a model based on the classical probability but with overlapping pure states and "entangled states" for composite systems.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0508086

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Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Quantum computation (81P68)

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• A single quantum cannot be cloned

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