Quantum Theory: Informational Foundations and Foils

Robert W. Spekkens

ISBN 10: 9401773025 / ISBN 13: 9789401773027

Published by Springer Netherlands Dez 2015, 2015

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This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This book provides the first unified overview of the burgeoning research area at the interface between Quantum Foundations and Quantum Information. Topics include: operational alternatives to quantum theory, information-theoretic reconstructions of the quantum formalism, mathematical frameworks for operational theories, and device-independent features of the set of quantum correlations.Powered by the injection of fresh ideas from the field of Quantum Information and Computation, the foundations of Quantum Mechanics are in the midst of a renaissance. The last two decades have seen an explosion of new results and research directions, attracting broad interest in the scientific community. The variety and number of different approaches, however, makes it challenging for a newcomer to obtain a big picture of the field and of its high-level goals. Here, fourteen original contributions from leading experts in the field cover some of the most promising research directions that have emerged in the new wave of quantum foundations. The book is directed at researchers in physics, computer science, and mathematics and would be appropriate as the basis of a graduate course in Quantum Foundations. 536 pp. Englisch.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Quantum Theory: Informational Foundations and Foils
• Publisher: Springer Netherlands Dez 2015
• Publication Date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9401773025
• ISBN 13: 9789401773027
• Binding: Buch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 241W x 160H x 35D millimeters 241 millimeters width by 160 millimeters height by 35 millimeters depth
• Weight: 963 grams

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This book provides the first unified overview of the burgeoning research area at the interface between Quantum Foundations and Quantum Information.  Topics include: operational alternatives to quantum theory, information-theoretic reconstructions of the quantum formalism, mathematical frameworks for operational theories, and device-independent features of the set of quantum correlations.

Powered by the injection of fresh ideas from the field of Quantum Information and Computation, the foundations of Quantum Mechanics are in the midst of a renaissance. The last two decades have seen an explosion of new results and research directions, attracting broad interest in the scientific community. The variety and number of different approaches, however, makes it challenging for a newcomer to obtain a big picture of the field and of its high-level goals. Here, fourteen original contributions from leading experts in the field cover some of the most promising research directions that have emerged in the new wave of quantum foundations. The book is directed at researchers in physics, computer science, and mathematics and would be appropriate as the basis of a graduate course in Quantum Foundations.