A note on information theoretic characterizations of physical theories

Details A note on information theoretic characterizations of physical theories A note on information theoretic characterizations of physical theories

2003-10-15

arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0310101v2

Studies in History and Philosophy of Modern Physics 35, 277--293 (2004)

Physics

Quantum Physics

16 pages, LaTeX, Contribution to Rob Clifton memorial conference

Scientific paper

10.1016/j.shpsb.2004.02.001

Clifton, Bub, and Halvorson [Foundations of Physics 33, 1561 (2003)] have recently argued that quantum theory is characterized by its satisfaction of three information-theoretic axioms. However, it is not difficult to construct apparent counterexamples to the CBH characterization theorem. In this paper, we discuss the limits of the characterization theorem, and we provide some technical tools for checking whether a theory (specified in terms of the convex structure of its state space) falls within these limits.

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