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$n$-fold unbiased bases: an extension of the MUB condition

Quantum Physics 2017-06-15 v1

Abstract

I introduce a new notion, that extends the mutually unbiased bases (MUB) conditons to more than two bases. These, I call the nUB conditions, and the corresponding bases nn-fold unbiased. They naturally appear while optimizing generic nn-to-one quantum random access code (QRAC) strategies. While their existence in general dimensions is an open question, they nevertheless give close-to-tight upper bounds on QRAC success probabilities, and raise fundamental questions about the geometry of quantum states.

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@article{arxiv.1706.04446,
  title  = {$n$-fold unbiased bases: an extension of the MUB condition},
  author = {Máté Farkas},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1706.04446},
  year   = {2017}
}

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20 pages, 1 figure