A branching space-times view on quantum error correction

Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part B - Studies in History and Philosophy of Modern Physics

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 635-652

  Müller, Thomas ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Branching space times; Histories; Indeterminism; Quantum information

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547555814     PISSN: 13552198     EISSN: 18792502     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.shpsb.2007.05.003     Document Type: Article

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