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arXiv:1003.2450

Determining the whole pure symmetric N-qubit state from its parts

A. R. Usha Devi, Sudha, Rajagopal, A. K.

Published Mar 12, 2010• 3 citations
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Abstract

The Majorana representation of symmetric N-qubit states is employed here to investigate how correlation information of the whole pure symmetric state gets imprinted in its parts. It is shown that reduced states of (N - 1) qubits uniquely specify the entire class of pure N qubit states containing two distinct spinors.
DOI
10.48550/arxiv.1003.2450

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