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Selected writings

Samson Abramsky

Selected writings

On domain theory:

On quantum protocols in quantum information theory (such as quantum teleportation) formalized as string diagrams in the dagger-compact category of finite-dimensional Hilbert spaces (quantum information theory via dagger-compact categories):

Survey in contrast to quantum logic:

On quantum logic as the linear logic internal language of symmetric monoidal categories:

Sheaf theoretic discussion of quantum contextuality (hidden variable theories, Kochen-Specker theorem):

On H * H^\ast -algebras and Frobenius algebras:

  • Samson Abramsky, Chris Heunen: H *H^\ast-algebras and nonunital Frobenius algebras: first steps in infinite-dimensional categorical quantum mechanics, in Clifford Lectures, AMS Proceedings of Symposia in Applied Mathematics 71 (2012) 1–24 [arXiv:1011.6123]

On simplicial complexes treated in homotopy type theory:

  • Maximilian Doré, Samson Abramsky, Towards Simplicial Complexes in Homotopy Type Theory (pdf)

On game comonads, e.g. the Ehrenfeucht-Fraïssé comonad,

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