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Magic Three-Qubit Veldkamp Line and Veldkamp Space of the Doily

Quantum Physics 2020-06-08 v1 Mathematical Physics Combinatorics math.MP

Abstract

A magic three-qubit Veldkamp line of W(5,2)W(5,2), i.\,e. the line comprising a hyperbolic quadric Q+(5,2)\mathcal{Q}^+(5,2), an elliptic quadric Q(5,2)\mathcal{Q}^-(5,2) and a quadratic cone Q^(4,2)\widehat{\mathcal{Q}}(4,2) that share a parabolic quadric Q(4,2)\mathcal{Q}(4,2), the doily, is shown to provide an interesting model for the Veldkamp space of the latter. The model is based on the facts that: a) the 20 off-doily points of Q+(5,2)\mathcal{Q}^+(5,2) form ten complementary pairs, each corresponding to a unique grid of the doily; b) the 12 off-doily points of Q(5,2)\mathcal{Q}^-(5,2) form six complementary pairs, each corresponding to a unique ovoid of the doily; and c) the 15 off-doily points of Q^(4,2)\widehat{\mathcal{Q}}(4,2) -- disregarding the nucleus of Q(4,2)\mathcal{Q}(4,2) -- are in bijection with the 15 perp-sets of the doily. These findings lead to a conjecture that also parapolar spaces can be relevant for quantum information.

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@article{arxiv.1905.08863,
  title  = {Magic Three-Qubit Veldkamp Line and Veldkamp Space of the Doily},
  author = {Metod Saniga and Zsolt Szabó},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1905.08863},
  year   = {2020}
}

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7 pages, 3 figures