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Abstract | ||
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Quantum theory (QT) has been confirmed by numerous experiments, yet we still cannot fully grasp the meaning of the theory. As a consequence, the quantum world appears to us paradoxical. Here we shed new light on QT by having it follow from two main postulates (i) the theory should be logically consistent; (ii) inferences in the theory should be computable in polynomial time. The first postulate is what we require to each well-founded mathematical theory. The computation postulate defines the physical component of the theory. We show that the computation postulate is the only true divide between QT, seen as a generalised theory of probability, and classical probability. All quantum paradoxes, and entanglement in particular, arise from the clash of trying to reconcile a computationally intractable, somewhat idealised, theory (classical physics) with a computationally tractable theory (QT) or, in other words, from regarding physics as fundamental rather than computation. |
Year | Venue | DocType |
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2019 | arXiv: Quantum Physics | Journal |
Volume | Citations | PageRank |
abs/1902.04569 | 0 | 0.34 |
References | Authors | |
5 | 3 | |
Name | Order | Citations | PageRank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alessio Benavoli | 1 | 229 | 30.52 |
| Alessandro Facchini | 2 | 35 | 9.47 |
| Marco Zaffalon | 3 | 893 | 90.78 |