Physics Colloquium : "Quantum Games"

Date: 
Mon, 17/06/202412:00-13:30
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Location: 
Levin building, Lecture Hall No. 8
Lecturer: 
Prof. Yosi (Joseph) Avron (Technion)

This will be a physicist’s introduction to quantum games. In quantum games a team of players that cannot communicate with each other play against an adversary. The team wins if the actions of the players are suitably coordinated. Two important quantum games are the Mermin-GHZ game, and the Mermin-Peres magic square game.  Classically the team wins the game with probability that is strictly less than 1, e.g., ¾ for the GHZ game. However, a team that has access to entangled quantum bits, can win every round of the game with probability 1. Quantum games show the advantage that comes with entanglement. Besides being entertaining, Quantum games play a role in quantum foundations, hidden variables, quantum communication, computer science and mathematics.

 

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