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A principle of information conservation for physical laws (Hidden information in quantum systems?)

arXiv

Authors: Nicolas Underwood

Year

2020

Paper ID

19507

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Preprint

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A principle of information conservation is shown in abstract terms to rule out probabilistic physical laws, necessitating the existence of state trajectories. It furthermore provides a geometric-thermodynamic mechanism for the appearance of probability distributions at the operational level, and thus may provide a dynamical explanation for Born's rule of quantum probabilities. This link between geometry and operational probabilities is argued to be a promising angle from which to study the potential for "hidden information" in quantum systems, and guide efforts in quantum foundations more generally.

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A principle of information conservation is shown in abstract terms to rule out probabilistic physical laws, necessitating the existence of state trajectories.

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[1] DOI https://doi.org/arXiv:2011.03493 [2] arXiv https://arxiv.org/abs/2011.03493 [3] Publisher https://arxiv.org/abs/2011.03493

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