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View SchemaIn praise of measurement
| Authors | N. David Mermin |
|---|---|
| Categories | |
| ArXiv ID | quant-ph/0612216 |
| URL | https://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0612216 |
| Journal | Quantum Information Processing, Vol. 5, No. 4, 239-260, August, 2006 |
Abstract
The role of measurement in quantum computation is examined in the light of John Bell's critique of the how the term ``measurement'' is used in quantum mechanics. I argue that within the field of quantum computer science the concept of measurement is precisely defined, unproblematic, amd forms the foundation of the entire subject.
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