Communicating through Probabilities: Does Quantum Theory Optimize the Transfer of Information?

A quantum measurement can be regarded as a communication channel, in which the parameters of the state are expressed only in the probabilities of the outcomes of the measurement. We begin this paper by considering, in a non-quantum-mechanical setting, the problem of communicating through probabiliti...

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Main Author: William K. Wootters
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2013-08-01
Series:Entropy
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/1099-4300/15/8/3130