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Characterizing Quantum Theory in Terms of Information-Theoretic Constraints
- Rob Clifton, J. Bub, Hans Halvorson
- Physics
- 15 November 2002
We show that three fundamental information-theoretic constraints—the impossibility of superluminal information transfer between two physical systems by performing measurements on one of them, the…
Algebraic Quantum Field Theory
- Hans Halvorson, Michael Mueger
- Mathematics
- 1 February 2006
What Scientific Theories Could Not Be*
- Hans Halvorson
- PhilosophyPhilosophy of Science
- 23 March 2012
According to the semantic view of scientific theories, theories are classes of models. I show that this view—if taken literally—leads to absurdities. In particular, this view equates theories that…
No Place for Particles in Relativistic Quantum Theories?
- Hans Halvorson, Rob Clifton
- Philosophy, PhysicsPhilosophy of Science
- 1 March 2002
David Malament (1996) has recently argued that there can be no relativistic quantum theory of (localizable) particles. We consider and rebut several objections that have been made against the…
Glymour and Quine on Theoretical Equivalence
- T. Barrett, Hans Halvorson
- Computer ScienceJ. Philos. Log.
- 1 October 2016
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MORITA EQUIVALENCE
- T. Barrett, Hans Halvorson
- Mathematics, PhilosophyThe Review of Symbolic Logic
- 15 June 2015
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Deep beauty : understanding the quantum world through mathematical innovation
- Hans Halvorson
- Physics
- 2011
Part I. Beyond the Hilbert Space Formalism: Category Theory: 1. A prehistory of n-categorical physics John C. Baez and Aaron Lauda 2. A universe of processes and some of its guises Bob Coecke 3.…
No place for particles in relativistic quantum theories
- Hans Halvorson, Rob Clifton
- Physics, Philosophy
- 8 March 2001
Several recent arguments purport to show that there can be no relativistic, quantum-mechanical theory of localizable particles and, thus, that relativity and quantum mechanics can be reconciled only…
Reeh-Schlieder Defeats Newton-Wigner: On Alternative Localization Schemes in Relativistic Quantum Field Theory
- Hans Halvorson
- PhysicsPhilosophy of Science
- 18 July 2000
Many of the "counterintuitive" features of relativistic quantum field theory have their formal root in the Reeh-Schlieder theorem, which in particular entails that local operations applied to the…
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