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A rigidity property of complete systems of mutually unbiased bases

Quantum Physics 2022-06-01 v1 Mathematical Physics math.MP

Abstract

Suppose that for some unit vectors b1,bnb_1,\ldots b_n in Cd\mathbb C^d we have that for any jkj\neq k bjb_j is either orthogonal to bkb_k or bj,bk2=1/d|\langle b_j,b_k\rangle|^2 = 1/d (i.e. bjb_j and bkb_k are unbiased). We prove that if n=d(d+1)n=d(d+1), then these vectors necessarily form a complete system of mutually unbiased bases, that is, they can be arranged into d+1d+1 orthonormal bases, all being mutually unbiased with respect to each other.

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@article{arxiv.2112.00090,
  title  = {A rigidity property of complete systems of mutually unbiased bases},
  author = {Máté Matolcsi and Mihály Weiner},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2112.00090},
  year   = {2022}
}