LQP: the dynamic logic of quantum information

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Publication:5482272

DOI10.1017/S0960129506005299zbMATH Open1103.03031arXiv2110.01361OpenAlexW2138408756MaRDI QIDQ5482272FDOQ5482272

Sonja Smets, Alexandru Baltag

Publication date: 28 August 2006

Published in: Mathematical Structures in Computer Science (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: The main contribution of this paper is the introduction of a dynamic logic formalism for reasoning about information flow in composite quantum systems. This builds on our previous work on a complete quantum dynamic logic for single systems. Here we extend that work to a sound (but not necessarily complete) logic for composite systems, which brings together ideas from the quantum logic tradition with concepts from (dynamic) modal logic and from quantum computation. This Logic of Quantum Programs (LQP) is capable of expressing important features of quantum measurements and unitary evolutions of multi-partite states, as well as giving logical characterisations to various forms of entanglement (for example, the Bell states, the GHZ states etc.). We present a finitary syntax, a relational semantics and a sound proof system for this logic. As applications, we use our system to give formal correctness proofs for the Teleportation protocol and for a standard Quantum Secret Sharing protocol; a whole range of other quantum circuits and programs, including other well-known protocols (for example, superdense coding, entanglement swapping, logic-gate teleportation etc.), can be similarly verified using our logic.


Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2110.01361




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