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The preparation problem
Speaker(s): Eric Cavalcanti
Abstract: The effects of closed timelike curves (CTCs) in quantum dynamics, and its consequences for information processing have recently become the subject of a heated debate. Deutsch introduced a formalism for treating CTCs in a quantum computational framework. He postulated a consistency condition on the... read more
Date: 03/12/2010 - 11:20 am

Newcomb's problem and Bell's theorem
Speaker(s): Eric Cavalcanti
Abstract: In recent years there has been a growing awareness that studies on quantum foundations have close relationships with other fields such as probability and information theory. In this talk I give another example of how such interdisciplinary work can be fruitful, by applying some of the lessons from q... read more
Date: 30/09/2008 - 4:30 pm
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