Quantum Potato Chips
Quantum Physics
2024-11-05 v1
Abstract
We examine qubit states under symmetric informationally-complete measurements, representing state vectors as probability 4-vectors within a 3-simplex in . Using geometric transformations, this 3-simplex is mapped to a tetrahedron in . A specific surface within this tetrahedron allows for the separation of probability vectors into two disjoint 1-simplices. The intersection of this surface with the insphere identifies a "quantum potato chip" region, where probability 4-vectors reduce to two binary classical variables. States within this region can be fully reconstructed using only two given projective measurements, a feature not found elsewhere in the state space.
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@article{arxiv.2411.01082,
title = {Quantum Potato Chips},
author = {Nikolay Murzin and Bruno Tenorio and Sebastian Rodriguez and John McNally and Mohammad Bahrami},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2411.01082},
year = {2024}
}