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View SchemaVoronoi Diagrams for Pure 1-qubit Quantum States
| Authors | Kimikazu Kato, Mayumi Oto, Hiroshi Imai, Keiko Imai |
|---|---|
| Categories | |
| ArXiv ID | quant-ph/0604101 |
| URL | https://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0604101 |
Abstract
1-qubit quantum states form a space called the three-dimensional Bloch ball. To compute Holevo capacity, Voronoi diagrams in the Bloch ball with respect to the quantum divergence have been used as a powerful tool. These diagrams basically treat mixed quantum states corresponding to points in the interior of the Bloch ball. Due to the existence of logarithm in the quantum divergence, the diagrams are not defined on pure quantum states corresponding to points on the two-dimensional sphere. This paper first defines the Voronoi diagrams for pure quantum states on the Bloch sphere by the Fubini-Study distance and the Bures distance. We also introduce other Voronoi diagrams on the sphere obtained by taking a limit of Voronoi diagrams for mixed quantum states by the quantum divergences in the Bloch ball. These diagrams are shown to be equivalent to the ordinary Voronoi diagram on the sphere.
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"title": "Voronoi Diagrams for Pure 1-qubit Quantum States",
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