
A First Course in the Sporadic SICs
Blake C. Stacey(Author)
Springer (Publisher)
Published on 1. June 2021
Book
Paperback/Softback
VIII, 115 pages
978-3-030-76103-5 (ISBN)
Description
This book focuses on the Symmetric Informationally Complete quantum measurements (SICs) in dimensions 2 and 3, along with one set of SICs in dimension 8. These objects stand out in ways that have earned them the moniker of "sporadic SICs". By some standards, they are more approachable than the other known SICs, while by others they are simply atypical. The author forays into quantum information theory using them as examples, and the author explores their connections with other exceptional objects like the Leech lattice and integral octonions. The sporadic SICs take readers from the classification of finite simple groups to Bell's theorem and the discovery that "hidden variables" cannot explain away quantum uncertainty.
While no one department teaches every subject to which the sporadic SICs pertain, the topic is approachable without too much background knowledge. The book includes exercises suitable for an elective at the graduate or advanced undergraduate level.
While no one department teaches every subject to which the sporadic SICs pertain, the topic is approachable without too much background knowledge. The book includes exercises suitable for an elective at the graduate or advanced undergraduate level.
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Series
Edition
1st ed. 2021
Language
English
Place of publication
Cham
Switzerland
Publishing group
Springer International Publishing
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
5 s/w Abbildungen, 2 farbige Abbildungen
VIII, 115 p. 7 illus., 2 illus. in color.
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 155 mm
Thickness: 8 mm
Weight
201 gr
ISBN-13
978-3-030-76103-5 (9783030761035)
DOI
10.1007/978-3-030-76104-2
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Blake C. Stacey
A First Course in the Sporadic SICs
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05/2021
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Person
Blake C. Stacey studied physics at MIT and Brandeis and currently researches quantum information theory at the University of Massachusetts Boston.
Content
Equiangular Lines.- Sporadic SICs and the Exceptional Lie Algebras.- The Hoggar-type SICs.-SICs as Equicoherent Quantum States.- SICs and Bell Inequalities.