4 papers
quant-ph2005
Conditionalizing and commutativity: a note on Malley
Allen Stairs, Jeffrey Bub
This paper has been withdrawn.
quant-ph2004
Why the quantum?
Jeffrey Bub
This paper is a commentary on the foundational significance of the Clifton-Bub-Halvorson theorem characterizing quantum theory in terms of three information-theoretic constraints (…
quant-ph2003★ 3 cited
Can quantum cryptography imply quantum mechanics? Reply to Smolin
Hans Halvorson, Jeffrey Bub
Clifton, Bub, and Halvorson (CBH) have argued that quantum mechanics can be derived from three cryptographic, or broadly information-theoretic, axioms. But Smolin disagrees, and he…
quant-ph2002★ 336 cited
Characterizing quantum theory in terms of information-theoretic constraints
Rob Clifton, Jeffrey Bub, Hans Halvorson
We show that three fundamental information-theoretic constraints--the impossibility of superluminal information transfer between two physical systems by performing measurements on…