Richard East
        Research
      
Loop Quantum GravityI am interested in the spin-foam model of space-time and its relationship to quantum information.
Spin-networks in the ZX-calculus - Richard D.P. East, Pierre Martin-Dussaud, John Van de Wetering
        
Condensed MatterI am interested in using formal diagrams such as that provided by the ZX(H) calculus to understand multi-particle systems, in particular topological states of matter.
AKLT-states as ZX-diagrams: diagrammatic reasoning for quantum states - Richard D. P. East, John van de Wetering, Nicholas Chancellor, Adolfo G. Grushin
        
DiagramsI am interested in formal diagrams as tools for reasoning. In particular I am looking at using non-standard analysis to access algebraic infinities in formal diagrams of the kind used to model finite vector spaces (dagger compact symmetric monoidal categories - for the initiated).
Theories of IdentityI am interested in the implications of theories of identity that view single humans as multiple persons over a lifetime.

        Other Work
        Proof I can do experiments - Granular segregation in a thin drum rotating with periodic modulation - Richard D. P. East, Philippa McGuinness, Finn Box, Tom Mullin, and Iker Zuriguel (PDF)
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