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PIRSA:15050079

Information and the architecture of quantum theory

Hoehn, P. (2015). Information and the architecture of quantum theory. Perimeter Institute. https://pirsa.org/15050079

Philipp Hoehn Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University

Talk numberPIRSA:15050079
DOI10.48660/15050079
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Abstract

I will argue that, apart from their ever growing number of applications to physics, information theoretic concepts also offer a novel perspective on the physical content and architecture of quantum theory and spacetime. As a concrete example, I will discuss how one can derive and understand the formalism of qubit quantum theory by focusing only on what an observer can say about a system and imposing a few simple rules on the observer’s acquisition of information.