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Testing real quantum theory in an optical quantum network
Zheng-Da Li, Ya-Li Mao, Mirjam Weilenmann +12
Quantum theory is commonly formulated in complex Hilbert spaces. However, the question of whether complex numbers need to be given a fundamental role in the theory has been debated…
quant-ph2021★ 228 cited
Quantum theory based on real numbers can be experimentally falsified
Marc-Olivier Renou, David Trillo, Mirjam Weilenmann +5
While complex numbers are essential in mathematics, they are not needed to describe physical experiments, expressed in terms of probabilities, hence real numbers. Physics however a…