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Well, I didn't specify what type of computer must be used. :-) It should be possible with a quantum computer, yea? Then it merely becomes rewriting one NP-hard
by yohanatan 12y ago
Well, I didn't specify what type of computer must be used. :-) It should be possible with a quantum computer, yea? Then it merely becomes rewriting one NP-hard problem in terms of another one (one being related to the refraction of light in glass and the other being whatever basis the quantum computer is built in terms of).
Also, are you sure that the Copenhagen interpretation is correct? Aren't 'local hidden variable theory' and 'consistent histories theory' also possible?
- danbruc 12y agoYes, quantum computers can efficiently simulate quantum systems, it is really very much like the situation with NP-complete or NP-hard problems. [1] As far as we know and if we did not miss a loophole, the violation of Bell's inequality force us to give up locality, realism or freedom. So you can keep locality if you throw realism or freedom over board. But this will (probably) not help winning the money in practice. [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_quantum_simulator http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_quantum_simulator
- yohanatan 12y agoDo you have any opinion on 'consistent histories'?
- czr80 12y agoLocal hidden variable theories are ruled out by Bell's theorem (which has been experimentally verified).
- danbruc 12y agoYou can have a local hidden variable theory if you abandon the freedom to choose which measurement to perform. [1] [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superdeterminism http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superdeterminism
- GregBuchholz 12y agoI'm not a physicist, but I've always wondered about Caroline Thompson's work, like: "Chaotic Ball" model, local realism and the Bell test loopholes http://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0210150 http://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0210150