Computing spin networks

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Abstract: We expand a set of notions recently introduced providing the general setting for a universal representation of the quantum structure on which quantum information stands. The dynamical evolution process associated with generic quantum information manipulation is based on the (re)coupling theory of SU(2) angular momenta. Such scheme automatically incorporates all the essential features that make quantum information encoding much more efficient than classical: it is fully discrete; it deals with inherently entangled states, naturally endowed with a tensor product structure; it allows for generic encoding patterns. The model proposed can be thought of as the non-Boolean generalization of the quantum circuit model, with unitary gates expressed in terms of 3nj coefficients connecting inequivalent binary coupling schemes of n+1 angular momentum variables, as well as Wigner rotations in the eigenspace of the total angular momentum. A crucial role is played by elementary j-gates (6j symbols) which satisfy algebraic identities that make the structure of the model similar to "state sum models", employed in discretizing Topological Quantum Field Theories and quantum gravity. The spin network simulator can thus be viewed also as a Combinatorial QFT model for computation. The semiclassical limit (large j's) is discussed.


The paper proposes a general setting for the quantum structure of quantum information. The framework is a non-Boolean generalization of the quantum circuit model based on a combinatorial approach to spin networks. After a careful description of computational Hilbert spaces, gates are defined as unitary transformations on these spaces. If the spin network quantum circuit is defined, one deals with semi-classical and SU(2) state sum models on the one hand, and spin network together with topological quantum computation, on the other hand.



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