Quantum information in base n defined by state partitions
Quantum Physics
2009-11-07 v4
Abstract
We define a "nit" as a radix n measure of quantum information which is based on state partitions associated with the outcomes of n-ary observables and which, for n>2, is fundamentally irreducible to a binary coding. Properties of this measure for entangled many-particle states are discussed. k particles specify k nits in such a way that k mutually commuting measurements of observables with n possible outcomes are sufficient to determine the information.
Cite
@article{arxiv.quant-ph/0205031,
title = {Quantum information in base n defined by state partitions},
author = {Karl Svozil},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:quant-ph/0205031},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
4 pages, 2 figures