Quantum theory, namely the pure and reversible theory of information

DOI10.3390/E14101877zbMATH Open1296.81017DBLPjournals/entropy/ChiribellaDP12arXiv1506.00398OpenAlexW2045308005WikidataQ62040191 ScholiaQ62040191MaRDI QIDQ406178FDOQ406178

Authors: Giulio Chiribella, Paolo Perinotti, Giacomo Mauro D'Ariano 

Publication date: 8 September 2014

Published in: Entropy (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Quantum theory was discovered in an adventurous way, under the urge to solve puzzles-like the spectrum of the blackbody radiation-that haunted the physics community at the beginning of the 20th century. It soon became clear, though, that quantum theory was not just a theory of specific physical systems, but rather a new language of universal applicability. Can this language be reconstructed from first principles? Can we arrive at it from logical reasoning, instead of ad hoc guesswork? A positive answer was provided in Refs. [1, 2], where we put forward six principles that identify quantum theory uniquely in a broad class of theories. We first defined a class of "theories of information", constructed as extensions of probability theory in which events can be connected into networks. In this framework, we formulated the six principles as rules governing the control and the accessibility of information. Directly from these rules, we reconstructed a number of quantum information features, and eventually, the whole Hilbert space framework. In short, our principles characterize quantum theory as the theory of information that allows for maximal control of randomness.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1506.00398

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zbMATH Keywords

quantum informationfoundations of quantum mechanicspurification

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

General and philosophical questions in quantum theory (81P05) Quantum information, communication, networks (quantum-theoretic aspects) (81P45) Alternative quantum mechanics (including hidden variables, etc.) (81Q65)

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