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"This book re-establishes the topic of locality in quantum mechanics, coupling the ideas of Bohr and Einstein with the modern quantum information framework. This accessible approach to quantum foundations will be of interest to graduates, PhD students and researchers in fields ranging from quantum information to philosophy"--
List of contents
1. Introduction to quantum measurement theory; Part I. One Quantum Foundations: 2. Two faces of quantum nonlocality and two interpretations of quantum state; 3. Bohr's principle of complementarity and its contextual basis; 4. Information interpretations of quantum mechanics; 5. Quantum postulate as the seed of complementarity principle; Part II. Bell Inequalities: 6. Bell inequality: incompatibility vs. nonlocality; 7. Quantum versus classical entanglement: lessons from optics; 8. Original Bell inequality and experiment; 9. Maximal violation of original Bell inequality: two-qubit and -qutrit states; Part III. Contextuality: Mathematical Modeling and Interpretation: 10. Contextual approach to probability and measurement; 11. Contextual structuring of classical and quantum physics; 12. Växjö interpretation; Part IV. Contextual Entanglement in Quantum and Classical Physics: 13. Probabilistic entanglement of quantum observables; 14. Brownian motion: classical and semiclassical entanglement; Part V. Hertz, Boltzmann, Schrödinger, and De Broglie on Hidden Parameters: 15. Bild conception for scientific theory; 16. Prequantum classical statistical field theory (PCSFT); Part VI. Further Developments: 17. QBism vs. Ozawa's intersubjectivity theorem; 18. Quantum-like modeling in biology, cognition, and decision making; 19. Noncommutative probability in classical systems from experimental contextuality; References; Index.
About the author
Andrei Khrennikov is Professor of Mathematics at Linnaeus University, Växjö, Sweden. Khrennikov is also Director of the International Center for Mathematical Modeling (ICMM), applying mathematical modeling and computer simulations to multidisciplinary studies in physics, cognitive science, economics, social science, and engineering. Andrei has been organizing the 'Växjö Conferences' on quantum foundations, information, and probability since 2000, making it the longest continuous series of conferences on the foundations of physics.
Summary
This book re-establishes the topic of locality in quantum mechanics, coupling the ideas of Bohr and Einstein with the modern quantum information framework. This accessible approach to quantum foundations will be of interest to graduates, Ph.D. students and researchers in fields ranging from quantum information to philosophy.
