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