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Colouring an Orthogonality Graph

Combinatorics 2007-05-23 v1

Abstract

We deal with a graph colouring problem that arises in quantum information theory. Alice and Bob are each given a ±1\pm1-vector of length kk, and are to respond with kk bits. Their responses must be equal if they are given equal inputs, and distinct if they are given orthogonal inputs; however, they are not allowed to communicate any information about their inputs. They can always succeed using quantum entanglement, but their ability to succeed using only classical physics is equivalent to a graph colouring problem. We resolve the graph colouring problem, thus determining that they can succeed without entanglement exactly when k3k\leq3.

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@article{arxiv.math/0509151,
  title  = {Colouring an Orthogonality Graph},
  author = {C. D. Godsil and M. W. Newman},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0509151},
  year   = {2007}
}

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13 pages