Abstract
We introduce a two-party communication complexity problem in which the probability of success by using a particular strategy allows the parties to detect with certainty whether or not some forbidden communication has taken place. We show that the probability of success is bounded by nature; any conceivable method which gives a probability of success outside these bounds is impossible. Moreover, any conceivable method to solve the problem which gives a probability success within these bounds is possible in nature. This example suggests that a suitably chosen set of communication complexity problems could be the basis of an information-theoretic axiomatization of quantum mechanics.
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Cabello, A. (2005). Communication Complexity as a Principle of Quantum Mechanics. In: Calude, C.S., Dinneen, M.J., Păun, G., Pérez-Jímenez, M.J., Rozenberg, G. (eds) Unconventional Computation. UC 2005. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 3699. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/11560319_8
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