An information-theoretic principle implies that any discrete physical theory is classical

Nature Communications

Volumn 4, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Pfister, Corsin ^a   Wehner, Stephanie ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

QUANTUM MECHANICS; THEORETICAL STUDY;

ARTICLE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; INFORMATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LEARNING; QUANTUM THEORY; SPACE;

EID: 84878735885     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms2821     Document Type: Article

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