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Qubits and oriented matroids in four time and four space dimensions

High Energy Physics - Theory 2013-02-25 v2

Abstract

We establish a connection between 4-rebits (real qubits) and the Nambu-Goto action with target `spacetime' of four time and four space dimensions ((4+4)-dimensions)). We motivate the subject with three observations. The first one is that a 4-rebit contains exactly the same number of degree of freedom as a complex 3-qubit and therefore 4-rebits are special in the sense of division algebras. Secondly, the (4+4)-dimensions can be splitted as (4+4)=(3+1)+(1+3) and therefore they are connected with an ordinary (1+3)-spacetime and with changed signature (3+1)-spacetime. Finally, we show how geometric aspects of 4-rebits can be related to the chirotope concept of oriented matroid theory.

Cite

@article{arxiv.1210.0928,
  title  = {Qubits and oriented matroids in four time and four space dimensions},
  author = {J. A. Nieto},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1210.0928},
  year   = {2013}
}

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15 pages, Latex, improved version

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