Can quantum cryptography imply quantum mechanics? Reply to Smolin
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Can quantum cryptography imply quantum mechanics? Reply to Smolin. / Halvorson, Hans; Bub, Jeffrey.
In: Quantum Information and Computation, Vol. 5, No. 2, 2005, p. 170-175.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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T1 - Can quantum cryptography imply quantum mechanics? Reply to Smolin
AU - Halvorson, Hans
AU - Bub, Jeffrey
PY - 2005
Y1 - 2005
N2 - Clifton, Bub, and Halvorson (CBH) have argued that quantum mechanics can be derived from three cryptographic, or broadly information-theoretic, axioms. But Smolin disagrees, and he has given a toy theory that he claims is a counterexample. Here we show that Smolin's toy theory violates an independence condition for spacelike separated systems that was assumed in the CBH argument. We then argue that any acceptable physical theory should satisfy this independence condition.
AB - Clifton, Bub, and Halvorson (CBH) have argued that quantum mechanics can be derived from three cryptographic, or broadly information-theoretic, axioms. But Smolin disagrees, and he has given a toy theory that he claims is a counterexample. Here we show that Smolin's toy theory violates an independence condition for spacelike separated systems that was assumed in the CBH argument. We then argue that any acceptable physical theory should satisfy this independence condition.
KW - Foundations of Quantum Mechanics
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=16244382348&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.26421/QIC5.2-8
DO - 10.26421/QIC5.2-8
M3 - Journal article
AN - SCOPUS:16244382348
VL - 5
SP - 170
EP - 175
JO - Quantum Information and Computation
JF - Quantum Information and Computation
SN - 1533-7146
IS - 2
ER -
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