Mixed quantum states in higher categories

There are two ways to describe the interaction between classical and quantum information categorically: one based on completely positive maps between Frobenius algebras, the other using symmetric monoidal 2-categories. This paper makes a first step towards combining the two. The integrated approach...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Chris Heunen, Jamie Vicary, Linde Wester
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Open Publishing Association 2014-12-01
Series:Electronic Proceedings in Theoretical Computer Science
Online Access:http://arxiv.org/pdf/1405.1463v2