No-broadcasting characterizes operational contextuality

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Main Authors: Jokinen, Pauli, Weilenmann, Mirjam, Plávala, Martin, Pellonpää, Juha-Pekka, Kiukas, Jukka, Uola, Roope
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author Jokinen, Pauli
Weilenmann, Mirjam
Plávala, Martin
Pellonpää, Juha-Pekka
Kiukas, Jukka
Uola, Roope
author_facet Jokinen, Pauli
Weilenmann, Mirjam
Plávala, Martin
Pellonpää, Juha-Pekka
Kiukas, Jukka
Uola, Roope
contents Operational contextuality forms a rapidly developing subfield of quantum information theory. However, the characterization of the quantum mechanical entities that fuel the phenomenon has remained unknown with many partial results existing. Here, we present a resolution to this problem by connecting operational contextuality one-to-one with the no-broadcasting theorem. The connection works both on the level of full quantum theory and subtheories thereof. We demonstrate the connection in various relevant cases, showing especially that for quantum states the possibility of demonstrating contextuality is exactly characterized by non-commutativity, and for measurements this is done by a norm-1 property closely related to repeatability. Moreover, we show how techniques from broadcasting can be used to simplify known foundational results in contextuality.
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spellingShingle No-broadcasting characterizes operational contextuality
Jokinen, Pauli
Weilenmann, Mirjam
Plávala, Martin
Pellonpää, Juha-Pekka
Kiukas, Jukka
Uola, Roope
Quantum Physics
Operational contextuality forms a rapidly developing subfield of quantum information theory. However, the characterization of the quantum mechanical entities that fuel the phenomenon has remained unknown with many partial results existing. Here, we present a resolution to this problem by connecting operational contextuality one-to-one with the no-broadcasting theorem. The connection works both on the level of full quantum theory and subtheories thereof. We demonstrate the connection in various relevant cases, showing especially that for quantum states the possibility of demonstrating contextuality is exactly characterized by non-commutativity, and for measurements this is done by a norm-1 property closely related to repeatability. Moreover, we show how techniques from broadcasting can be used to simplify known foundational results in contextuality.
title No-broadcasting characterizes operational contextuality
topic Quantum Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2406.07305