Pith. sign in

REVIEW 1 cited by

Undecidability in Physics: a Review

Not yet reviewed by Pith; the record is open.

Re-run · record.json Download PDF Read on arXiv ↗

This paper has not been read by Pith yet. Machine review is queued; the pith claim, tier, and objections will appear here once it completes.

SPECIMEN: schema-true, not a live event

T0 review · schema-true

One-sentence machine reading of the paper's core claim.

pith:XXXXXXXX · record.json · timestamp

arxiv 2410.16532 v2 pith:EMUOQ6Q6 submitted 2024-10-21 math-ph cond-mat.str-elmath.MPquant-ph

Álvaro Perales-Eceiza , Toby Cubitt , Mile Gu , David Pérez-García , Michael M. Wolf This is my paper · ORCID
classification math-phcond-mat.str-elmath.MPquant-ph
keywords undecidabilityphysicsproblemsreviewfirstinformationquantumrecent
verification ladder T0 review T1 audit T2 compute T3 formal
0 comments
read the original abstract

The study of undecidability in problems arising from physics has experienced a renewed interest, mainly in connection with quantum information problems. The goal of this review is to survey this recent development. After a historical introduction, we first explain the necessary results about undecidability in mathematics and computer science. Then we briefly review the first results about undecidability in physics which emerged mostly in the 80s and early 90s. Finally we focus on the most recent contributions, which we divide in two main categories: many body systems and quantum information problems.

Discussion (0). Continue with ORCID to comment.

Forward citations

Cited by 1 Pith paper

Reviewed papers in the Pith corpus that reference this work. Sorted by Pith novelty score. Full citation record

  1. Consequences of Undecidability in Physics on the Theory of Everything

    gr-qc 2025-07 reject novelty 4.0 of 10

    The paper argues undecidability theorems make an algorithmic theory of everything impossible, so the universe cannot be a simulation.

Pith tools