Quantum computation and measurements from an exotic space-time R4
Abstract
The authors previously found a model of universal quantum computation by making use of the coset structure of subgroups of a free group with relations. A valid subgroup of index in leads to a 'magic' state in -dimensional Hilbert space that encodes a minimal informationally complete quantum measurement (or MIC), possibly carrying a finite 'contextual' geometry. In the present work, we choose as the fundamental group of an exotic -manifold , more precisely a 'small exotic' (space-time) (that is homeomorphic and isometric, but not diffeomorphic to the Euclidean ). Our selected example, due to to S. Akbulut and R.~E. Gompf, has two remarkable properties: (i) it shows the occurence of standard contextual geometries such as the Fano plane (at index ), Mermin's pentagram (at index ), the two-qubit commutation picture (at index ) as well as the combinatorial Grassmannian Gr (at index ) , (ii) it allows the interpretation of MICs measurements as arising from such exotic (space-time) 's. Our new picture relating a topological quantum computing and exotic space-time is also intended to become an approach of 'quantum gravity'.
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@article{arxiv.2001.09091,
title = {Quantum computation and measurements from an exotic space-time R4},
author = {Michel Planat and Raymond Aschheim and Marcelo. M. Amaral and Klee Irwin},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2001.09091},
year = {2020}
}
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16 pages, 8 figires, 2 tables