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  Spekkens Toy Model, Internal Comonoids

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I have been thinking about Spekkens Toy model in terms of interfaces. The Spekkens paper concerns a physics based on only being able to receive answers to half the number of questions necessary to specify the state of a system. This is something like having a limited interface to some kind of system. I take an apparatus as an internal category in a monoidal category and the apparatus is seen as some limited interface to an underlying quantum causal structure. Would it be possible to reformulate Spekkens' idea in terms of internal categories?

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The short answer is yes: these ideas can be formulated as internal algebras in a monoidal category. Take a look at http://arxiv.org/abs/1003.5005 for starters. Bill Edwards' PhD thesis has quite a bit more, and other papers by him and Bob Coecke may also be of interest.

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answered Dec 10, 2011 by Ross Duncan (20 points) [ no revision ]
Welcome to the site, Ross!

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commented Dec 11, 2011 by Joe Fitzsimons (3,575 points) [ no revision ]
Thanks Joe. I've been lurking since (before!) it started :-)

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