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Quantum information theory and the foundations of quantum mechanics /

Timpson, Christopher Gordon, 1976-.

Quantum information theory and the foundations of quantum mechanics / Christopher G. Timpson. - first edition. - Oxford : Clarendon Press, 2013. - xiii, 293 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. - Oxford philosophical monographs. . - Oxford philosophical monographs. .

Includes bibliographical references (p. [265]-284) and index.

Introduction -- What is information? -- Quantum information theory -- Case study : teleportation -- The Deutsch-Hayden approach : nonlocality, entanglement, and information flow -- Quantum computation and the Church-Turing hypothesis -- Information and the foundations of quantum mechanics : preliminaries -- Some information-theoretic approaches -- Quantum Bayesianism 1 : the proposal -- Quantum Bayesianism 2 : challenges -- Conclusions -- [Appendix] A. A review of the quantum formalism -- [Appendix] B. Generalized uncertainty measures : Uffink's axioms.

9780198748137 : $35.00 0199296464

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Quantum theory.
Information theory.

QC174.12 / .T56 2013
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