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Quantum computing, Seifert surfaces and singular fibers

General Topology 2020-08-18 v1 Group Theory Quantum Physics

Abstract

The fundamental group π1(L)\pi_1(L) of a knot or link LL may be used to generate magic states appropriate for performing universal quantum computation and simultaneously for retrieving complete information about the processed quantum states. In this paper, one defines braids whose closure is the LL of such a quantum computer model and computes their Seifert surfaces and the corresponding Alexander polynomial. In particular, some dd-fold coverings of the trefoil knot, with d=3d=3, 44, 66 or 1212, define appropriate links LL and the latter two cases connect to the Dynkin diagrams of E6E_6 and D4D_4, respectively. In this new context, one finds that this correspondence continues with the Kodaira's classification of elliptic singular fibers. The Seifert fibered toroidal manifold Σ\Sigma', at the boundary of the singular fiber E8~\tilde {E_8}, allows possible models of quantum computing.

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@article{arxiv.1902.04798,
  title  = {Quantum computing, Seifert surfaces and singular fibers},
  author = {Michel Planat and Raymond Aschheim and Marcelo M. Amaral and Klee Irwin},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1902.04798},
  year   = {2020}
}

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11 pages, 5 figures

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