Epimorphisms of C*-algebras are surjective

We answer a question raised by V.G.Pestov in the affirmative.Comment: 2 page

Chiral Fermions and Anomalies on a Finite Lattice

A recent proposal by Kaplan for a chiral gauge theory on the lattice is tested with background gauge fields. The spectrum of the finite lattice Hamiltonian is calculated and the existence of a chiral fermion is demonstrated. Lattice doublers are found to decouple. The flavor anomalies, which are in agreement with the continuum anomaly relation, are obeserved on a finite lattice. Non-trivial anomaly cancellation is observed in a chiral gauge current.Comment: UCSD/PTH 92-1

Finite automata models of quantized systems: conceptual status and outlook

Since Edward Moore, finite automata theory has been inspired by physics, in particular by quantum complementarity. We review automaton complementarity, reversible automata and the connections to generalized urn models. Recent developments in quantum information theory may have appropriate formalizations in the automaton context.Comment: 12 pages, prepared for the Sixth International Conference on Developments in Language Theory, Kyoto, Japan, September 18-21, 200