4 research outputs found
Pauli graphs, Riemann hypothesis, Goldbach pairs
Let consider the Pauli group with unitary quantum
generators (shift) and (clock) acting on the vectors of the
-dimensional Hilbert space via and , with
. It has been found that the number of maximal mutually
commuting sets within is controlled by the Dedekind psi
function (with a prime)
\cite{Planat2011} and that there exists a specific inequality , involving the Euler constant , that is only satisfied at specific low dimensions . The set is closely related to
the set of integers that are totally Goldbach, i.e.
that consist of all primes ) is equivalent to Riemann hypothesis.
Introducing the Hardy-Littlewood function (with the twin prime constant),
that is used for estimating the number of
Goldbach pairs, one shows that the new inequality is also equivalent to Riemann hypothesis. In this paper,
these number theoretical properties are discusssed in the context of the qudit
commutation structure.Comment: 11 page
Pauli graphs when the Hilbert space dimension contains a square: why the Dedekind psi function ?
We study the commutation relations within the Pauli groups built on all
decompositions of a given Hilbert space dimension , containing a square,
into its factors. Illustrative low dimensional examples are the quartit ()
and two-qubit () systems, the octit (), qubit/quartit () and three-qubit () systems, and so on. In the single qudit case,
e.g. , one defines a bijection between the maximal
commuting sets [with the sum of divisors of ] of Pauli
observables and the maximal submodules of the modular ring ,
that arrange into the projective line and a independent set
of size [with the Dedekind psi function]. In the
multiple qudit case, e.g. , the Pauli graphs rely on
symplectic polar spaces such as the generalized quadrangles GQ(2,2) (if
) and GQ(3,3) (if ). More precisely, in dimension ( a
prime) of the Hilbert space, the observables of the Pauli group (modulo the
center) are seen as the elements of the -dimensional vector space over the
field . In this space, one makes use of the commutator to define
a symplectic polar space of cardinality , that
encodes the maximal commuting sets of the Pauli group by its totally isotropic
subspaces. Building blocks of are punctured polar spaces (i.e. a
observable and all maximum cliques passing to it are removed) of size given by
the Dedekind psi function . For multiple qudit mixtures (e.g.
qubit/quartit, qubit/octit and so on), one finds multiple copies of polar
spaces, ponctured polar spaces, hypercube geometries and other intricate
structures. Such structures play a role in the science of quantum information.Comment: 18 pages, version submiited to J. Phys. A: Math. Theo
Clifford groups of quantum gates, BN-pairs and smooth cubic surfaces
The recent proposal (M Planat and M Kibler, Preprint 0807.3650 [quantph]) of
representing Clifford quantum gates in terms of unitary reflections is
revisited. In this essay, the geometry of a Clifford group G is expressed as a
BN-pair, i.e. a pair of subgroups B and N that generate G, is such that
intersection H = B \cap N is normal in G, the group W = N/H is a Coxeter group
and two extra axioms are satisfied by the double cosets acting on B. The
BN-pair used in this decomposition relies on the swap and match gates already
introduced for classically simulating quantum circuits (R Jozsa and A Miyake,
Preprint arXiv:0804.4050 [quant-ph]). The two- and three-qubit steps are
related to the configuration with 27 lines on a smooth cubic surface.Comment: 7 pages, version to appear in Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and
Theoretical (fast track communications