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Quantum Information seminar: The measurement postulates of quantum mechanics are redundant

Seminar

Event date
Friday 12 July 2019, 12pm
Location
G/N/001, James College, Campus West, University of York (Map)
Admission
Free admission

Event details

Understanding the core content of quantum mechanics requires us to disentangle the hidden logical relationships between the postulates of this theory. The theorem presented in this talk shows that the mathematical structure of quantum measurements, the formula for assigning outcome probabilities (Born’s rule) and the post-measurement state-update rule, can be deduced from the other quantum postulates, often referred to as “unitary quantum mechanics”.