Title :
Three approaches to the quantitative definition of information in an individual pure quantum state
Author_Institution :
Amsterdam Univ., Netherlands
Abstract :
In analogy of classical Kolmogorov complexity we develop a theory of the algorithmic information in bits contained in any one of continuously many pure quantum states: quantum Kolmogorov complexity. Classical Kolmogorov complexity coincides with the new quantum Kolmogorov complexity restricted to the classical domain. Quantum Kolmogorov complexity is upper bounded and can be effectively approximated from above. With high probability a quantum object is incompressible. There are two alternative approaches possible: to define the complexity as the length of the shortest qubit program that effectively describes the object, and to use classical descriptions with computable real parameters
Keywords :
Turing machines; computational complexity; algorithmic information; classical Kolmogorov complexity; computable real parameters; continuously many pure quantum states; individual pure quantum state; quantitative definition; quantum Kolmogorov complexity; shortest qubit program; Computational modeling; Electrical capacitance tomography; Length measurement; Quantum computing; Quantum mechanics; Turing machines;
Conference_Titel :
Computational Complexity, 2000. Proceedings. 15th Annual IEEE Conference on
Conference_Location :
Florence
Print_ISBN :
0-7695-0674-7
DOI :
10.1109/CCC.2000.856757