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The Contextual Computer
Stockholm University, Faculty of Science, Department of Physics. University of Seville, Spain.
2013 (English)In: Computable Universe: Understanding and Exploring Nature as Computation / [ed] Zenil, H., Singapore: World Scientific Publishing , 2013, p. 595-604Chapter in book (Refereed)
Abstract [en]

What kind of computer is the universe? Here we present three results. The first is a consequence of the Kochen-Specker theorem: If the predictions of quantum mechanics are correct, then the universe cannot be a non-contextual computer. We then show that, if we assume that the density of memory is bounded, then the universe cannot be a classical contextual computer. The third result singles out the universe among all possible contextual computers by exploiting a curious connection with graph theory: In the universe, the maximal contextuality of a set of propositions is given by the Lovasz number of the graph representing their mutual exclusiveness.

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Singapore: World Scientific Publishing , 2013. p. 595-604
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URN: urn:nbn:se:su:diva-107212DOI: 10.1142/9789814374309_0031ISI: 000337346900033Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-84904767903ISBN: 978-981-4374-30-9 (print)ISBN: 978-981-4374-29-3 (print)OAI: oai:DiVA.org:su-107212DiVA, id: diva2:743884
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