Quantum Computation and Information Seminar

Sessions

23/04/2004, 14:30 — 15:30 — Room P4.35, Mathematics Building
Gabriel Pires, Instituto Superior Técnico

Quantum theory from five axioms

Based on a paper of L. Hardy we show that quantum theory can be derived from five reasonable axioms. We gain insight into the need for complex numbers and into the relationship between quantum theory and probability theory.

Supported by: Phys-Info (IT), SQIG (IT), CeFEMA and CAMGSD, with funding from FCT, FEDER and EU FP7, specifically through the Doctoral Programme in the Physics and Mathematics of Information (DP-PMI), FCT strategic projects PEst-OE/EEI/LA0008/2013 and UID/EEA/50008/2013, IT project QuSim, project CRUP-CPU CQVibes, the FP7 Coordination Action QUTE-EUROPE (600788), and the FP7 projects Landauer (GA 318287) and PAPETS (323901).

7th Framework Programme