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| Characterizing quantum theory in terms of information-theoretic constraints |
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| Author(s): Clifton R, Bub J, Halvorson H |
| Source: FOUNDATIONS OF PHYSICS Volume: 33 Issue: 11 Pages: 1561-1591 Published: NOV 2003 |
| Times Cited: 45 References: 49 |
| 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. |
| Document Type: Article |
| Language: English |
| Reprint Address: Clifton, R (reprint author), Univ Pittsburgh, Dept Philosophy, Pittsburgh, PA 15260 USA |
Addresses:
1. Univ Pittsburgh, Dept Philosophy, Pittsburgh, PA 15260 USA
2. Univ Maryland, Dept Philosophy, College Pk, MD 20742 USA
3. Princeton Univ, Dept Philosophy, Princeton, NJ 08544 USA |
| Publisher: KLUWER ACADEMIC/PLENUM PUBL, 233 SPRING ST, NEW YORK, NY 10013 USA |
| Subject Category: Physics, Multidisciplinary |
| IDS Number: 730JA |
| ISSN: 0015-9018 |
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