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Absolute Quantum Theory (after Chang, Lewis, Minic and Takeuchi), and a road to quantum deletion

Quantum Physics 2018-08-30 v1

Abstract

In a recent paper [2], Chang et al. have proposed studying "Quantum Fun\mathbb{F}_{un}": the q1q \mapsto 1 limit of Modal Quantum Theories over finite fields Fq\mathbb{F}_q, motivated by the fact that such limit theories can be naturally interpreted in classical Quantum Theory. In this letter, we first make a number of rectifications of statements made in [2]. For instance, we show that Quantum Theory over F1\mathbb{F}_1 {\em does} have a natural analogon of an inner product, and so orthogonality is a well-defined notion, contrary to what is claimed in [2]. Starting from that formalism, we introduce time evolution operators and observables in Quantum Fun\mathbb{F}_{un}, and we determine the corresponding unitary group. Next, we obtain a typical no-cloning in the general realm of Quantum Fun\mathbb{F}_{un}. Finally, we obtain a no-deletion result as well. Remarkably, we show that we {\em can} perform quantum deletion by {\em almost unitary operators}, with a probability tending to 11. Although we develop the construction in Quantum Fun\mathbb{F}_{un}, it is also valid in any other Quantum Theory (and thus also in classical Quantum Theory).

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@article{arxiv.1808.09694,
  title  = {Absolute Quantum Theory (after Chang, Lewis, Minic and Takeuchi), and a road to quantum deletion},
  author = {Koen Thas},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1808.09694},
  year   = {2018}
}

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11 pages; submitted (August 2018)