Quantum Theory: Informational Foundations and Foils

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Chiribella, Giulio (Editor), Spekkens, Robert W. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2016.
• Series: Fundamental Theories of Physics, 181
• Subjects: Physics.; Coding theory.; Mathematical physics.; Quantum physics.; Quantum Physics.; History and Philosophical Foundations of Physics.; Coding and Information Theory.; Mathematical Physics.

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...