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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.

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@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This paper has been superceded by arXiv:0802.2504v1 [quant-ph]