English

Bernstein's socks and polynomial-time provable coherence

Quantum Physics 2019-03-12 v1 Optimization and Control

Abstract

We recently introduced a bounded rationality approach for the theory of desirable gambles. It is based on the unique requirement that being non-negative for a gamble has to be defined so that it can be provable in polynomial-time. In this paper we continue to investigate properties of this class of models. In particular we verify that the space of Bernstein polynomials in which non-negativity is specified by the Krivine-Vasilescu certificate is yet another instance of this theory. As a consequence, we show how it is possible to construct in it a thought experiment uncovering entanglement with classical (hence non quantum) coins.

Cite

@article{arxiv.1903.04406,
  title  = {Bernstein's socks and polynomial-time provable coherence},
  author = {Alessio Benavoli and Alessandro Facchini and Marco Zaffalon},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1903.04406},
  year   = {2019}
}
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