Overview
- The first comprehensive book on the informational foundations of quantum mechanics
- Summarizes the new wave of axiomatic thinking about quantum theory
- Written by leading experts in the field
- The introduction highlights a unifying conceptual structure
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Fundamental Theories of Physics (FTPH, volume 181)
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Table of contents (15 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Categories and Convex Sets
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Front Matter
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Quantum Versus Super-Quantum Correlations
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About this book
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.
Editors and Affiliations
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Quantum Theory: Informational Foundations and Foils
Editors: Giulio Chiribella, Robert W. Spekkens
Series Title: Fundamental Theories of Physics
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-7303-4
Publisher: Springer Dordrecht
eBook Packages: Physics and Astronomy, Physics and Astronomy (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2016
Hardcover ISBN: 978-94-017-7302-7Published: 16 December 2015
Softcover ISBN: 978-94-024-1327-4Published: 29 March 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-94-017-7303-4Published: 08 December 2015
Series ISSN: 0168-1222
Series E-ISSN: 2365-6425
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VI, 528
Number of Illustrations: 27 b/w illustrations, 28 illustrations in colour
Topics: Quantum Physics, History and Philosophical Foundations of Physics, Coding and Information Theory, Mathematical Physics