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A Theorem of Joseph-Alfred Serret and its Relation to Perfect Quantum State Transfer

Classical Analysis and ODEs 2021-10-29 v2 Number Theory Spectral Theory

Abstract

In this paper we recast the Serret theorem about a characterization of palindromic continued fractions in the context of polynomial continued fractions. Then, using the relation between symmetric tridiagonal matrices and polynomial continued fractions we give a quick exposition of the mathematical aspect of the perfect quantum state transfer problem.

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@article{arxiv.1912.11978,
  title  = {A Theorem of Joseph-Alfred Serret and its Relation to Perfect Quantum State Transfer},
  author = {Maxim Derevyagin and Anastasiia Minenkova and Nathan Sun},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1912.11978},
  year   = {2021}
}

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19 pages