1954–1962. “The Unity of Knowledge”: New Harmonies

David Favrholdt

Arun Bala

Pravir Malik, Lalitha Nallamothula

The four quantum phenomena of superposition, entanglement, tunneling, and annealing are envisioned to give quantum computing the ability to solve complex problems in very low-resolution times as compared with classical computers. These four phenomena are closely related to the light-based properties of presence, knowledge, power, and harmony, central to a multilayered light-based model of reality that also offers alternative foundation for thinking about quanta and quantum computation. In this model, it is not a random process from infinite superposed possibilities that exist at the quantum-level as supposed by the Copenhagen Interpretation, and as assumed as the foundation of the infinite processing capability of quantum objects by contemporary pioneers of quantum computing. Rather, the infinite processing capability is due to a more ordered display of superposition, entanglement, tunneling and annealing: superposition, as an ordered concord of light's property of presence stacked in logical arrangement by layer of light; entanglement, as a display of light's property of knowledge that occurs at a speed faster than the known speed of light; tunneling, as a display of light's property of power that allows toggling between different “realities” in layers of light; and annealing, expressing light's property of harmony, to find an ideal minimum state among a number of realities. These four quantum phenomena derivative from an implicit and natural unity within light, engineered to maintain that unity externally, will confer quantum computation with the possibility of extraordinary processing power.

Kento Osuga, Don Nelson Page

In this Letter we present a new quantity that shows whether two general qubit systems are entangled, which we call harmony. It captures the notion of separability and maximal entanglement. It is also shown that harmony is monogamous for 3-qubit states. Thus, harmony serves as a new entanglement measure. In addition, since it is written as a simple function of the density operator, it is in practice easier to compute than other previously known measures.

Anu Venugopalan

Richard Healey

Abstract Albert Einstein thought of physics as the search for the order and harmony of the world—a harmony he spoke of in quasi-religious terms. In his theories of relativity, he succeeded brilliantly in discerning a hidden unity in nature. But by pursuing his unfinished quest for a unified field theory, he abandoned the mainstream of research that was increasingly dominated by the quantum theory he had helped to found, but whose foundations he continued to question. That research has now produced a (partially) unified physics based on quantum field theory. But the ontology of quantum field theory remains opaque. This essay will explore, but reject, the radical proposal that quantum field theory describes a single, non-composite object—the World, and that everything else (elementary particles, chairs, people, planets, space-time) arises as an aspect of the World’s enormously rich structure.