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Entropic probability and context states
Benjamin Schumacher, Michael D. Westmoreland
In a previous paper, we introduced an axiomatic system for information thermodynamics, deriving an entropy function that includes both thermodynamic and information components. Fro…
Quantum paradoxical knowledge
Benjamin Schumacher, Michael D. Westmoreland
We generalize the quantum "pigeonhole paradox" to quantum paradoxes involving arbitrary types of particle relations, including orderings, functions and graphs.
A no-broadcasting theorem for modal quantum theory
Phillip Diamond, Benjamin Schumacher, Michael D. Westmoreland
The quantum no-broadcasting theorem has an analogue in modal quantum theory (MQT), a toy model based on finite fields. The failure of broadcasting in MQT is related to the failure…
Interpretation of quantum theory: the quantum "grue-bleen" problem
Benjamin Schumacher, Michael D. Westmoreland
We present a critique of the many-world interpretation of quantum mechanics, based on different ``pictures'' that describe the time evolution of an isolated quantum system. Without…
Axiomatic Information Thermodynamics
Austin Hulse, Benjamin Schumacher, Michael D. Westmoreland
We present an axiomatic framework for thermodynamics that incorporates information as a fundamental concept. The axioms describe both ordinary thermodynamic processes and those in…
Probability current and thermodynamics of open quantum systems
Benjamin Schumacher, Michael D. Westmoreland, Alexander New +1
This paper explores the generalization of the concept of a "probability current", familiar from wave-function quantum mechanics, to quantum systems with finite-dimensional Hilbert…