Characterizing quantum theory in terms of information-theoretic constraints
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DOI10.1023/A:1026056716397zbMATH Open1222.81051arXivquant-ph/0211089OpenAlexW2163734234MaRDI QIDQ720534FDOQ720534
Authors: Rob Clifton, Jeffrey Bub, Hans Halvorson 
Publication date: 17 October 2011
Published in: Foundations of Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)
Abstract: We show that three fundamental information-theoretic constraints--the impossibility of superluminal information transfer between two physical systems by performing measurements on one of them, the impossibility of broadcasting the information contained in an unknown physical state, and the impossibility of unconditionally secure bit commitment--suffice to entail that the observables and state space of a physical theory are quantum-mechanical. We demonstrate the converse derivation in part, and consider the implications of alternative answers to a remaining open question about nonlocality and bit commitment.
Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0211089
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