The ABC of Deutsch–Hayden Descriptors

@article{Bedard2021TheAO,
  title={The ABC of Deutsch–Hayden Descriptors},
  author={Charles Alexandre B'edard},
  journal={Quantum Reports},
  year={2021},
  volume={3},
  pages={272-285}
}
It has been more than 20 years since Deutsch and Hayden proved the locality of quantum theory, using the Heisenberg picture of quantum computational networks. Of course, locality holds even in the face of entanglement and Bell’s theorem. Today, most researchers in quantum foundations are still convinced not only that a local description of quantum systems has not yet been provided, but that it cannot exist. The main goal of this paper is to address this misconception by re-explaining the… 
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