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Maris Ozols @marisozols.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

You may finally rest easy at night since SICs exist in all dimensions! github.com/marozols/SIC... SICs are d² unit vectors in d complex dimensions with pairwise equal inner products. Their existences in all dimensions d was conjectured by Zauner in 1999. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SIC-POVM

Diagram illustrating Lean proof of SIC existence

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mischawoods.bsky.social @mischawoods.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

1/3 New work with Pablo Gaviria! Quantum gates face a gate-speed/error tradeoff: stronger pulses make gates faster, reducing decoherence—but increase leakage, off-resonant excitation & crosstalk. Can quantum resources break this tradeoff? arxiv.org/abs/2609.19280

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Nirmalya Kajuri @kajunut.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Deeply saddened to learn that Rafael Sorkin is no more. One of the deepest and most original thinkers of quantum gravity and the pioneer of causal set theory, he was also among the nicest, gentlest physicists I have met.

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mischawoods.bsky.social @mischawoods.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

1/2 Our work is now published in PRX! We show that the logical paradoxes associated with the Frauchiger–Renner experiment—and, more generally, any Wigner’s friend experiment—can be fully resolved without imposing extra assumptions or restrictions. journals.aps.org/prx/abstract...

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General Quantum Circuit Framework for Extended Wigner's Friend Scenarios: Logically and Causally Consistent Reasoning without Absolute Measurement Events

Researchers develop a quantum circuit framework for extended Wigner's friend scenarios, resolving logical paradoxes by tracking Heisenberg cuts.

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QIP @qipconference.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

We're pleased to announce the key dates for QIP 2027, as follows (refer to the website qipconference.org/2027/ for up-to-date information). We look forward to your participation!

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mischawoods.bsky.social @mischawoods.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

In my recent preprint scirate.com/search?utf8=... Tim and I prove that the main conclusions of this Nature paper [600, 625–629 (2021)] are wrong: they claimed that Real Quantum Theory (RQT)---an alternative theory to quantum theory proposed in the 80s and 90s---can be experimentally falsified (1/4)

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2603.19208 - SciRate Search

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mischawoods.bsky.social @mischawoods.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

(1/3) If you've missed Sabine's @skdh recent take before the holidays on my co-authored work w/ Timothee Hoffreumon on why Quantum Theory doesn't need complex numbers, here it is www.youtube.com/watch?v=OPer... I think it's quite accurate (both our work and that of the Germans).

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Plot Twist: Reality Doesn't Need Complex Numbers After All!

During 48 hours, enjoy 15% OFF on all Hoverpens with code SABINE, or click on the link https://noviumdesign.shop/sabine - Free shipping worldwide! Complex numbers are created when you add a real…

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Clément Canonne @ccanonne.github.io · 06/01/2026

Nice surprise in the mail: just got a cool new t-shirt from the @simonsinstitute.bsky.social!

A t-shirt that reads "I have a proof for P not equal to NP, but it's hard to verify"

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mischawoods.bsky.social @mischawoods.bsky.social · 13/11/2025

quantamagazine.org/physicists-tak… Quanta covers our work scirate.com/arxiv/2504.028��& that of the German team's showing that quantum theory doesn't need complex numbers. In addition to the discussion here, we show that quantum theory based on real numbers is consistent with the postulates!

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