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Quantum computation and measurements from an exotic space-time R4

Geometric Topology 2020-05-06 v1 Quantum Physics

Abstract

The authors previously found a model of universal quantum computation by making use of the coset structure of subgroups of a free group GG with relations. A valid subgroup HH of index dd in GG leads to a 'magic' state ψ\left|\psi\right\rangle in dd-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 GG as the fundamental group π1(V)\pi_1(V) of an exotic 44-manifold VV, more precisely a 'small exotic' (space-time) R4R^4 (that is homeomorphic and isometric, but not diffeomorphic to the Euclidean R4\mathbb{R}^4). 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 77), Mermin's pentagram (at index 1010), the two-qubit commutation picture GQ(2,2)GQ(2,2) (at index 1515) as well as the combinatorial Grassmannian Gr(2,8)(2,8) (at index 2828) , (ii) it allows the interpretation of MICs measurements as arising from such exotic (space-time) R4R^4'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

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