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View SchemaQuantum mechanics is about quantum information
| Authors | Jeffrey Bub |
|---|---|
| Categories | |
| ArXiv ID | quant-ph/0408020 |
| URL | https://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0408020 |
| DOI | 10.1007/s10701-004-2010-x |
Abstract
I argue that quantum mechanics is fundamentally a theory about the representation and manipulation of information, not a theory about the mechanics of nonclassical waves or particles. The notion of quantum information is to be understood as a new physical primitive -- just as, following Einstein's special theory of relativity, a field is no longer regarded as the physical manifestation of vibrations in a mechanical medium, but recognized as a new physical primitive in its own right.
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