Quantum contextual finite geometries from dessins d'enfants

DOI10.1142/S021988781550067XMaRDI QIDQ3459136zbMATH OpenFDO

Authors Michel Planat, Alain Giorgetti, Frédéric Holweck, Metod Saniga

Publication date 30 December 2015

Published in International Journal of Geometric Methods in Modern Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1310.4267

zbMATH Keywords

finite geometriesquantum contextualityGrothendieck's dessins d'enfants

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Contextuality in quantum theory (81P13) Quantum information, communication, networks (quantum-theoretic aspects) (81P45) Quantum mechanics on special spaces: manifolds, fractals, graphs, lattices (81Q35) Arithmetic aspects of dessins d'enfants, Bely? theory (11G32) Dessins d'enfants theory (14H57)

Abstract: We point out an explicit connection between graphs drawn on compact Riemann surfaces defined over the field $$ of algebraic numbers --- so-called Grothendieck's {it dessins d'enfants} --- and a wealth of distinguished point-line configurations. These include simplices, cross-polytopes, several notable projective configurations, a number of multipartite graphs and some 'exotic' geometries. Among them, remarkably, we find not only those underlying Mermin's magic square and magic pentagram, but also those related to the geometry of two- and three-qubit Pauli groups. Of particular interest is the occurrence of all the three types of slim generalized quadrangles, namely GQ(2,1), GQ(2,2) and GQ(2,4), and a couple of closely related graphs, namely the Schl"{a}fli and Clebsch ones. These findings seem to indicate that {it dessins d'enfants} may provide us with a new powerful tool for gaining deeper insight into the nature of finite-dimensional Hilbert spaces and their associated groups, with a special emphasis on contextuality.

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