Aims and scope of the special issue “Quantum foundations: informational perspective”. (English) Zbl 1382.81004
From the text: During the past 30 years, the field of quantum information theory has produced a variety of novel information technologies whose full potential is as yet unknown. This quantum information revolution has also renewed the interest in the foundations of quantum theory, to the extent that fundamental concepts are now reconsidered in terms of a new information-theoretical perspective (see, e.g., [G. M. D’Ariano and the first author, Philos. Trans. R. Soc. Lond., A, Math. Phys. Eng. Sci. 374, No. 2068, Article ID 20150244, 5 p. (2016; Zbl 1353.94006); B. Coecke (ed.) and the first author (ed.), Int. J. Quantum Inf. 14, No. 4, Article ID 1602001, 4 p. (2016; Zbl 1356.00031); G. Chiribella (ed.) and R. W. Spekkens (ed.), Quantum theory: informational foundations and foils. Dordrecht: Springer (2016; Zbl 1328.81012)]). Indeed, the crucial strengthening of the quantum-informational aspect of quantum mechanics has gone beyond merely stimulating traditional foundational studies, prompting a deep and thoroughgoing reconsideration of quantum foundations. In particular, there is now a flourishing research effort that studies quantum foundations from a purely informational perspective. This issue is composed of contributions by leading researchers in quantum foundations, especially from informational and probabilistic perspectives, and it presents their expert viewpoints on a number of foundational problems.
MSC:
| 81-06 | Proceedings, conferences, collections, etc. pertaining to quantum theory |
| 00B15 | Collections of articles of miscellaneous specific interest |
| 81P05 | General and philosophical questions in quantum theory |
| 81P45 | Quantum information, communication, networks (quantum-theoretic aspects) |
| 00A79 | Physics |
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