Physics – Mathematical Physics
Scientific paper
2010-06-10
Adv.Appl.Clifford Algebras 21:493-519,2011
Physics
Mathematical Physics
18 pages; accepted for publication in Adv. Appl. Clifford Alg. (2010)
Scientific paper
10.1007/s00006-010-0269-x
We investigate the utility of geometric (Clifford) algebras (GA) methods in two specific applications to quantum information science. First, using the multiparticle spacetime algebra (MSTA, the geometric algebra of a relativistic configuration space), we present an explicit algebraic description of one and two-qubit quantum states together with a MSTA characterization of one and two-qubit quantum computational gates. Second, using the above mentioned characterization and the GA description of the Lie algebras SO(3) and SU(2) based on the rotor group Spin+(3, 0) formalism, we reexamine Boykin's proof of universality of quantum gates. We conclude that the MSTA approach does lead to a useful conceptual unification where the complex qubit space and the complex space of unitary operators acting on them become united, with both being made just by multivectors in real space. Finally, the GA approach to rotations based on the rotor group does bring conceptual and computational advantages compared to standard vectorial and matricial approaches.
Cafaro Carlo
Mancini Stefano
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