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arXiv: Quantum Physics | 2011

The Cohomology of Non-Locality and Contextuality

Samson Abramsky; Shane Mansfield; Rui Soares Barbosa

In a previous paper with Adam Brandenburger, we used sheaf theory to analyze the structure of non-locality and contextuality. Moreover, on the basis of this formulation, we showed that the phenomena of non-locality and contextuality can be characterized precisely in terms of obstructions to the existence of global sections. Our aim in the present work is to build on these results, and to use the powerful tools of sheaf cohomology to study the structure of non-locality and contextuality. We use the Cech cohomology on an abelian presheaf derived from the support of a probabilistic model, viewed as a compatible family of distributions, in order to define a cohomological obstruction for the family as a certain cohomology class. This class vanishes if the family has a global section. Thus the non-vanishing of the obstruction provides a sufficient (but not necessary) condition for the model to be contextual. We show that for a number of salient examples, including PR boxes, GHZ states, the Peres-Mermin magic square, and the 18-vector configuration due to Cabello et al. giving a proof of the Kochen-Specker theorem in four dimensions, the obstruction does not vanish, thus yielding cohomological witnesses for contextuality.


Foundations of Physics | 2012

Hardy's Non-locality Paradox and Possibilistic Conditions for Non-locality

Shane Mansfield; Tobias Fritz

Hardy’s non-locality paradox is a proof without inequalities showing that certain non-local correlations violate local realism. It is ‘possibilistic’ in the sense that one only distinguishes between possible outcomes (positive probability) and impossible outcomes (zero probability). Here we show that Hardy’s paradox is quite universal: in any (2,2,l) or (2,k,2) Bell scenario, the occurrence of Hardy’s paradox is a necessary and sufficient condition for possibilistic non-locality. In particular, it subsumes all ladder paradoxes. This universality of Hardy’s paradox is not true more generally: we find a new ‘proof without inequalities’ in the (2,3,3) scenario that can witness non-locality even for correlations that do not display the Hardy paradox. We discuss the ramifications of our results for the computational complexity of recognising possibilistic non-locality.


arXiv: Quantum Physics | 2017

Minimum quantum resources for strong non−locality

Samson Abramsky; Rui Soares Barbosa; Giovanni Carù; Nadish de Silva; Kohei Kishida; Shane Mansfield

We analyse the minimum quantum resources needed to realise strong non-locality, as exemplified e.g. by the classical GHZ construction. It was already known that no two-qubit system, with any finite number of local measurements, can realise strong non-locality. For three-qubit systems, we show that strong non-locality can only be realised in the GHZ SLOCC class, and with equatorial measurements. However, we show that in this class there is an infinite family of states which are pairwise non LU-equivalent that realise strong non-locality with finitely many measurements. These states have decreasing entanglement between one qubit and the other two, necessitating an increasing number of local measurements on the latter.


computer science logic | 2015

CONTEXTUALITY, COHOMOLOGY AND PARADOX

Samson Abramsky; Rui Soares Barbosa; Kohei Kishida; Raymond Lal; Shane Mansfield


Physical Review Letters | 2017

Contextual fraction as a measure of contextuality

Samson Abramsky; Rui Soares Barbosa; Shane Mansfield


arXiv: Quantum Physics | 2013

On the 'Reality' of Observable Properties

Shane Mansfield


arXiv: Quantum Physics | 2014

Reality of the Quantum State: A Stronger Psi−ontology Theorem

Shane Mansfield


arXiv: Quantum Physics | 2018

Tsirelson's bound and Landauer's principle in a single-system game.

Luciana Henaut; Lorenzo Catani; Dan E. Browne; Shane Mansfield; Anna Pappa


arXiv: Quantum Physics | 2018

Quantum advantage from sequential transformation contextuality

Shane Mansfield; Elham Kashefi


Archive | 2017

The 14th International Conference on Quantum Physics and Logic (QPL)

Samson Abramsky; Rui Soares Barbosa; Giovanni Carù; Nadish de Silva; Kohei Kishida; Shane Mansfield

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Nadish de Silva

University College London

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Dan E. Browne

University College London

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