Proposes a new definition of quantum metric spaces, or W*-metric spaces, in the setting of von Neumann algebras. Their definition effectively reduces to the classical notion in the atomic abelian case, has both concrete and intrinsic characterizations, and admits a wide variety of tractable examples. A natural application and motivation of their theory is a mutual generalization of the standard models of classical and quantum error correction.
| ISBN: | 9780821853412 |
| Publication date: | 29th February 2012 |
| Author: | Greg Kuperberg, Nik Weaver |
| Publisher: | American Mathematical Society |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 140 pages |
| Series: | Memoirs of the American Mathematical Society |
| Genres: |
Calculus and mathematical analysis Mathematical physics |