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The connection between contextuality and graph theory has led to many developments in the field. In particular, the sets of probability distributions in many contextuality scenarios can be described using well known convex sets from graph…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2017-09-19 Barbara Amaral , Marcelo Terra Cunha

We review the basic idea behind resource theories, where we quantify quantum resources by specifying a restricted class of operations. This divides the state space into various sets, including states which are free (because they can be…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-06-11 Michał Horodecki , Jonathan Oppenheim

Contextuality is one way of capturing the non-classicality of quantum theory. The contextual nature of a theory is often witnessed via the violation of non-contextuality inequalities---certain linear inequalities involving probabilities of…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-07-08 Kishor Bharti , Atul Singh Arora , Leong Chuan Kwek , Jérémie Roland

Resource theories play a crucial role in characterizing states and properties essential for quantum information processing. A significant challenge is protecting resources from errors. We explore strategies for correcting quantum resources.…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-11-19 Mark Byrd , Daniel Dilley , Alvin Gonzales , Masaya Takahashi , Zain Saleem , Lian-Ao Wu

How far can we take the resource theoretic approach to explore physics? Resource theories like LOCC, reference frames and quantum thermodynamics have proven a powerful tool to study how agents who are subject to certain constraints can act…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-12-01 Lidia del Rio , Lea Kraemer , Renato Renner

Quantum computers promise dramatic advantages over their classical counterparts, but the answer to the most basic question "What is the source of the power in quantum computing?" has remained elusive. Here we prove a remarkable equivalence…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2014-10-16 Mark Howard , Joel J. Wallman , Victor Veitch , Joseph Emerson

Quantum resource theories (QRTs) offer a highly versatile and powerful framework for studying different phenomena in quantum physics. From quantum entanglement to quantum computation, resource theories can be used to quantify a desirable…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2019-04-23 Eric Chitambar , Gilad Gour

The quantum fluctuations of a physical property can be observed in the measurement statistics of any measurement that is at least partially sensitive to that physical property. Quantum theory indicates that the effective distribution of…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-12-25 Holger F. Hofmann

Quantum contextuality is a key nonclassical feature underlying advantages in quantum computation and communication. We introduce a new method to study contextuality in quantum information-processing tasks and protocols, relying solely on…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-03-03 Mina Doosti , Theodoros Yianni , Farid Shahandeh

Quantum resource theory is perhaps the most revolutionary framework that quantum physics has ever experienced. It plays vigorous roles in unifying the quantification methods of a requisite quantum effect as wells as in identifying protocols…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-10-27 Sanjib Dey

Contextuality is a fundamental feature of quantum theory and is necessary for quantum computation and communication. Serious steps have therefore been taken towards a formal framework for contextuality as an operational resource. However,…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2018-04-26 Barbara Amaral , Adán Cabello , Marcelo Terra Cunha , Leandro Aolita

It is well known that in quantum mechanics we cannot always define consistently properties that are context independent. Many approaches exist to describe contextual properties, such as Contextuality by Default (CbD), sheaf theory, topos…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2017-07-18 J. Acacio de Barros , Federico Holik , Decio Krause

Identifying what quantum-mechanical properties are useful to untap a superior performance in quantum technologies is a pivotal question. Quantum resource theories provide a unified framework to analyze and understand such properties, as…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-04-24 Kohdai Kuroiwa , Ryuji Takagi , Gerardo Adesso , Hayata Yamasaki

Resource theories play an important role in quantum information theory, as they identify resourceful states and channels that are potentially useful for the accomplishment of tasks that would be otherwise unreachable. The elementary…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-09-02 A. C. S. Costa , R. M. Angelo

Contextuality in quantum physics provides a key resource for quantum information and computation. The topological approach in [Abramsky and Brandenburger, New J. Phys., 2011, Abramsky et al., CSL 2015, 2015] characterizes contextuality as…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2017-03-07 Kohei Kishida

Active states, from which work can be extracted by time-dependent perturbations, are an important resource for quantum thermodynamics in the absence of heat baths. Here we characterize this resource, establishing a resource theory that…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-04-19 Swati , Uttam Singh , Giulio Chiribella

We establish a strong link between two apparently unrelated topics: the study of conflicting information in the formal framework of valuation algebras, and the phenomena of non-locality and contextuality. In particular, we show that these…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2019-11-12 Samson Abramsky , Giovanni Carù

Resource theories are a generic approach used to manage any valuable resource, such as entanglement, purity, and asymmetry. Such frameworks are characterized by two main elements: a set of predefined (free) operations and states, that one…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2019-05-01 Nelly Ng , Mischa P. Woods

Contextuality - the obstruction to describing quantum mechanics in a classical statistical way - has been proposed as a resource that powers quantum computing. The measurement-based model provides a concrete manifestation of contextuality…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2018-10-12 Markus Frembs , Sam Roberts , Stephen D. Bartlett

Language is contextual as meanings of words are dependent on their contexts. Contextuality is, concomitantly, a well-defined concept in quantum mechanics where it is considered a major resource for quantum computations. We investigate…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2021-08-02 Daphne Wang , Mehrnoosh Sadrzadeh , Samson Abramsky , Victor H. Cervantes