Shapes of quantum states

DOI10.1088/0305-4470/37/1/017MaRDI QIDQ4470683zbMATH OpenOpenAlexWikidataFDO

Authors Dorje C. Brody

Publication date 15 June 2004

Published in Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and General (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0306013

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Discrete geometry (52C99) Quantum measurement theory, state operations, state preparations (81P15)

Abstract: The shape space of k labelled points on a plane can be identified with the space of pure quantum states of dimension k-2. Hence, the machinery of quantum mechanics can be applied to the statistical analysis of planar configurations of points. Various correspondences between point configurations and quantum states, such as linear superposition as well as unitary and stochastic evolution of shapes, are illustrated. In particular, a complete characterisation of shape eigenstates for an arbitrary number of points is given in terms of cyclotomic equations.

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