Conditional probabilities and density operators in quantum modeling

Foundations of Physics

Volumn 36, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1012-1035

  Myers, John M ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Conditional probabilities; Density operators; Partial traces; POVMs; Quantum cryptography; Tensor products

Indexed keywords

EID: 33749326035     PISSN: 00159018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10701-006-9053-0     Document Type: Article

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