On Quantum Statistical Inference
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چکیده
Recent developments in the mathematical foundations of quantum mechanics have brought the theory closer to that of classical probability and statistics. On the other hand, the unique character of quantum physics sets many of the questions addressed apart from those met classically in stochastics. Furthermore, concurrent advances in experimental techniques and in the theory of quantum computation have led to a strong interest in questions of quantum information, in particular in the sense of the amount of information about unknown parameters in given observational data or accessible through various possible types of measurements. This scenery is outlined. (A shorter version of the paper, omitting some topics but otherwise much improved, is available as quant-ph/0307191). MaPhySto is the Centre for Mathematical Physics and Stochastics, funded by the Danish National Research Foundation, University of Aarhus, Denmark.
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