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Commutator Relations Reveal Solvable Structures in Unambiguous State Discrimination

Quantum Physics 2007-08-22 v2

Abstract

We present a criterion, based on three commutator relations, that allows to decide whether two self-adjoint matrices with non-overlapping support are simultaneously unitarily similar to quasidiagonal matrices, i.e., whether they can be simultaneously brought into a diagonal structure with 2x2-dimensional blocks. Application of this criterion to unambiguous state discrimination provides a systematic test whether the given problem is reducible to a solvable structure. As an example, we discuss unambiguous state comparison.

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@article{arxiv.0705.3391,
  title  = {Commutator Relations Reveal Solvable Structures in Unambiguous State Discrimination},
  author = {M. Kleinmann and H. Kampermann and Ph. Raynal and D. Bruss},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0705.3391},
  year   = {2007}
}
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