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The Number Behind the Simplest SIC-POVM

Quantum Physics 2017-04-05 v2

Abstract

The simple concept of a SIC poses a very deep problem in algebraic number theory, as soon as the dimension of Hilbert space exceeds three. A detailed description of the simplest possible example is given.

Cite

@article{arxiv.1611.09087,
  title  = {The Number Behind the Simplest SIC-POVM},
  author = {Ingemar Bengtsson},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1611.09087},
  year   = {2017}
}

Comments

15 pages, 1 figure; talk at the Vaxjo conference "Quantum and Beyond", 2016; corrections to section 4 included

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