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Quantum Control in the Unitary Sphere: Lambda-S1 and its Categorical Model

Logic in Computer Science 2023-06-22 v5 Category Theory

Abstract

In a recent paper, a realizability technique has been used to give a semantics of a quantum lambda calculus. Such a technique gives rise to an infinite number of valid typing rules, without giving preference to any subset of those. In this paper, we introduce a valid subset of typing rules, defining an expressive enough quantum calculus. Then, we propose a categorical semantics for it. Such a semantics consists of an adjunction between the category of distributive-action spaces of value distributions (that is, linear combinations of values in the lambda calculus), and the category of sets of value distributions.

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@article{arxiv.2012.05887,
  title  = {Quantum Control in the Unitary Sphere: Lambda-S1 and its Categorical Model},
  author = {Alejandro Díaz-Caro and Octavio Malherbe},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2012.05887},
  year   = {2023}
}
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