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Classifying all mutually unbiased bases in Rel

Quantum Physics 2009-09-25 v2

Abstract

Finding all the mutually unbiased bases in various dimensions is a problem of fundamental interest in quantum information theory and pure mathematics. The general problem formulated in finite-dimensional Hilbert spaces is open. In the categorical approach to quantum mechanics one can find examples of categories which behave ``like'' the category of finite-dimensional Hilbert spaces in various ways but are subtly different. One such category is the category of sets and relations, Rel\mathbf{Rel}. One can formulate the concept of mutually unbiased bases here as well. In this note we classify all the mutually unbiased bases in this category by relating it to a standard question in combinatorics.

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@article{arxiv.0909.4453,
  title  = {Classifying all mutually unbiased bases in Rel},
  author = {Julia Evans and Ross Duncan and Alex Lang and Prakash Panangaden},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0909.4453},
  year   = {2009}
}

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