Browsing Mathematics (Faculty of) by Subject "quantum foundations"
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An Examination of Quantum Foundations
(University of Waterloo, 2011-09-01)Quantum foundations is a field of diverse goals and methods. In this thesis, I will present three different approaches to quantum foundations, each emphasizing a different goal or perspective. The causaloid framework has ... -
Information flow at the quantum-classical boundary
(University of Waterloo, 2008-08-28)The theory of decoherence aims to explain how macroscopic quantum objects become effectively classical. Understanding this process could help in the search for the quantum theory underlying gravity, and suggest new schemes ... -
Negative Quasi-Probability in the Context of Quantum Computation
(University of Waterloo, 2013-08-09)This thesis deals with the question of what resources are necessary and sufficient for quantum computational speedup. In particular, we study what resources are required to promote fault tolerant stabilizer computation to ... -
Topics in Quantum Foundations: Ontological Models, and Distinguishability as a Resource
(University of Waterloo, 2009-08-24)This thesis covers research in two disjoint research areas: The ontological model program (formerly hidden-variables program) for quantum theory has a long and noble tradition in the quantum foundations literature. By ...