SIC-POVMs from Stark units: Prime dimensions n^2+3
Abstract
We propose a recipe for constructing a SIC fiducial vector in complex Hilbert space of dimension of the form , focussing on prime dimensions . Such structures are shown to exist in thirteen prime dimensions of this kind, the highest being . The real quadratic base field (in the standard SIC terminology) attached to such dimensions has fundamental units of norm . Let denote the ring of integers of , then splits into two ideals and . The initial entry of the fiducial is the square of a geometric scaling factor , which lies in one of the fields . Strikingly, the other entries of the fiducial vector are each the product of and the square root of a Stark unit. These Stark units are obtained via the Stark conjectures from the value at of the first derivatives of partial functions attached to the characters of the ray class group of with modulus , where is one of the real places of .
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Cite
@article{arxiv.2112.05552,
title = {SIC-POVMs from Stark units: Prime dimensions n^2+3},
author = {Marcus Appleby and Ingemar Bengtsson and Markus Grassl and Michael Harrison and Gary McConnell},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2112.05552},
year = {2022}
}
Comments
54 pages, 3 tables; subtitle added, some parts restructured/rewritten, additional solution for dimension 2503