Quantum Computation and Many Worlds
Quantum Physics
2023-04-21 v2
Abstract
An Everett (`Many Worlds') interpretation of quantum mechanics due to Saunders and Zurek is presented in detail. This is used to give a physical description of the process of a quantum computation. Objections to such an understanding are discussed.
Cite
@article{arxiv.quant-ph/0210204,
title = {Quantum Computation and Many Worlds},
author = {Dominic Horsman},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:quant-ph/0210204},
year = {2023}
}
Comments
This paper has been superceded by arXiv:0802.2504v1 [quant-ph]