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What is "system": the information-theoretic arguments

Quantum Physics 2012-02-21 v1

Abstract

The problem of "what is 'system'?" is in the very foundations of modern quantum mechanics. Here, we point out the interest in this topic in the information-theoretic context. E.g., we point out the possibility to manipulate a pair of mutually non-interacting, non-entangled systems to employ entanglement of the newly defined '(sub)systems' consisting the one and the same composite system. Given the different divisions of a composite system into "subsystems", the Hamiltonian of the system may perform in general non-equivalent quantum computations. Redefinition of "subsystems" of a composite system may be regarded as a method for avoiding decoherence in the quantum hardware. In principle, all the notions refer to a composite system as simple as the hydrogen atom.

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@article{arxiv.quant-ph/0611250,
  title  = {What is "system": the information-theoretic arguments},
  author = {M. Dugic and J. Jeknic-Dugic},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:quant-ph/0611250},
  year   = {2012}
}

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