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The Logic of Quantum Mechanics - take II - Perimeter Institute

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— the physics <strong>of</strong> it —<br />

von Neumann crafted Birkh<strong>of</strong>f-von Neumann <strong>Quantum</strong><br />

‘<strong>Logic</strong>’ to capture the concept <strong>of</strong> superposition.<br />

Schrödinger (1935): the stuff which is the true soul <strong>of</strong><br />

quantum theory is how quantum systems compose.<br />

<strong>Quantum</strong> Computer Scientists: Schrödinger is right!<br />

75 years later Birkh<strong>of</strong>f-von Neumann quantum ‘logicians’<br />

still fail to elegantly capture composition <strong>of</strong> quantum<br />

systems, ... nor much else neiter, ...

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