1, 2, and 6 qubits, and the Ramanujan-Nagell theorem
Abstract
A conjecture of Ramanujan that was later proved by Nagell is used to show on the basis of matching dimensions that only three $n$-qubit systems, for $n=1, 2, 6$, can share an isomorphism of their symmetry groups with the rotation group of corresponding dimensions $3, 6, 91$. Topological analysis, however, rules out the last possibility.
- Publication:
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arXiv e-prints
- Pub Date:
- December 2012
- DOI:
- 10.48550/arXiv.1212.2378
- arXiv:
- arXiv:1212.2378
- Bibcode:
- 2012arXiv1212.2378P
- Keywords:
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- Mathematical Physics;
- Quantum Physics