Stabilizer States as a Basis for Density Matrices
Quantum Physics
2011-12-12 v1 Emerging Technologies
Abstract
We show that the space of density matrices for n-qubit states, considered as a (2^n)^2 dimensional real vector space, has a basis consisting of density matrices of stabilizer states. We describe an application of this result to automated verification of quantum protocols.
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@article{arxiv.1112.2156,
title = {Stabilizer States as a Basis for Density Matrices},
author = {Simon J. Gay},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1112.2156},
year = {2011}
}