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Representation of quantum states as points in a probability simplex associated to a SIC-POVM

Quantum Physics 2011-06-09 v3

Abstract

The quantum state of a dd-dimensional system can be represented by the d2d^2 probabilities corresponding to a SIC-POVM, and then this distribution of probability can be represented by a vector of Rd21\R^{d^2-1} in a simplex, we will call this set of vectors Q\mathcal{Q}. Other way of represent a dd-dimensional system is by the corresponding Bloch vector also in Rd21\R^{d^2-1}, we will call this set of vectors B\mathcal{B}. In this paper it is proved that with the adequate scaling B=Q\mathcal{B}=\mathcal{Q}. Also we indicate some features of the shape of Q\mathcal{Q}.

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@article{arxiv.1007.0715,
  title  = {Representation of quantum states as points in a probability simplex associated to a SIC-POVM},
  author = {Jose Ignacio Rosado},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1007.0715},
  year   = {2011}
}

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12 pages. Added journal reference