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Classically, isn't the reverse program just (?): X = 5 X = 4 I feel like 2 things are being mixed. In QM/QC, the operators must be unitary, which roughly mea
by Maro 4y ago
Classically, isn't the reverse program just (?):
X = 5
X = 4
I feel like 2 things are being mixed. In QM/QC, the operators must be unitary, which roughly means they "rotate" states and their inverse "rotation" exists, so (in principle) the reverse operation can be performed; so (in principle), we can construct the reverse operations, execute them, and kinda reverse the time evolution. But it doesn't mean that the quantum state (at time t) of the system encodes the time history (t'<t) of the state.
- whimsicalism 4y ago> But it doesn't mean that the quantum state (at time t) of the system encodes the time history (t'<t) of the state. it does if you take an everettian perspective on QM, the universal wavefunction at time T can always be unwound to time T'.
- currenciessfe 4y agoI should have been more specific, the 4 and 5 values are dynamic runtime values, not constants known ahead of time.