The earlier approach is used for description of qubits and geometric phase parameters, the things critical in the area of topological quantum computing. The used tool, Geometric (Clifford) Algebra is the most convenient formalism for that case. Generalization of formal complex plane to an an arbitrary plane in three dimensions and of usual Hopf fibration to the map generated by an arbitrary unit value element of even sub-algebra of the three-dimensional Geometric Algebra are resulting in more profound description of qubits compared to quantum mechanical Hilbert space formalism.
The earlier approach is used for description of qubits and geometric phase parameters, the things critical in the area of topological quantum computing. The used tool, Geometric (Clifford) Algebra is the most convenient formalism for that case. Generalization of formal complex plane to an an arbitrary plane in three dimensions and of usual Hopf fibration to the map generated by an arbitrary unit value element of even sub-algebra of the three-dimensional Geometric Algebra are resulting in more profound description of qubits compared to quantum mechanical Hilbert space formalism.
When quantum mechanical qubits as elements of two dimensional complex Hilbert space are generalized to elements of even subalgebra of geometric algebra over three dimensional Euclidian space, geometrically formal complex plane becomes explicitly defined as an arbitrary, variable plane in 3D. The result is that the quantum state definition and evolution receive more detailed description, including clear calculations of geometric phase, with important consequences for topological quantum computing.
Quantum mechanical qubit states as elements of two dimensional complex Hilbert space can be generalized to elements of even subalgebra of geometric algebra over three dimensional Euclidian space. The construction critically depends on generalization of formal, unspecified, complex plane to arbitrary variable, but explicitly defined, planes in 3D, and of usual Hopf fibration to special maps of the geometric algebra elements to the unit sphere in 3D generated by arbitrary unit value bivectors. Analysis of the structure of the map of the even subalgebra to the Hilbert space demonstrates that quantum state evolution in the latter gives only restricted information compared to that in geometric algebra.
Standard quantum information is formulated over complex Hilbert spaces, where the pure state space of a single qubit is geometrically encoded by the first Hopf fibration S3→S2. Beyond this familiar setting, the normed division algebras C, H and O provide a hierarchy of increasingly rich algebraic and topological structures that has motivated several extensions of quantum theory and quantum computation. This review synthesizes the literature connecting quaternionic and octonionic frameworks, Clifford algebras, spinors, projective spaces and Hopf fibrations. We emphasize a central conceptual point that is often blurred in the literature: the second and third Hopf fibrations play two distinct roles, namely, (i) as kinematical descriptions of hypercomplex single-particle state spaces such as the quaternionic projective line HP1≃S4, and (ii) as entanglement-sensitive descriptions of multi-qubit complex systems, especially two- and three-qubit Hilbert spaces. On the algebraic side, Clifford and geometric algebras provide a natural language for rotations, spinors, and gate synthesis, while quaternionic Hilbert modules furnish a mathematically consistent extension of standard qubit kinematics and dynamics. By contrast, octonionic models face major obstructions due to non-associativity, which affects inner products, tensor products, spectral theory and circuit composition. We therefore distinguish carefully between robust results, partial constructions and speculative directions. The outcome is a unified geometric review of hypercomplex quantum information, together with a map of open problems at the interface of topology, noncommutative algebra, and quantum computation.
The existence of Hopf fibrations S^{2N+1}/S^1 = CP^N and S^{4K+3}/S^3 = HP^K allows us to treat the Hilbert space of generic finite-dimensional quantum systems as the total bundle space with respectively U(1) and SU(2) fibers and complex and quaternionic projective spaces as base manifolds. This alternative method of studying quantum states and their evolution reveals the intimate connection between generic quantum mechanical systems and geometrical objects. The exact Abelian and non-Abelian geometric phases, and more generally the geometrical factors for open paths, and their precise correspondence with geometric Kahler and hyper-Kahler connections will be discussed. Explicit physical examples are used to verify and exemplify the formalism.
Recently suggested scheme [1] of quantum computing uses g-qubit states as circular polarizations from the solution of Maxwell equations in terms of geometric algebra, along with clear definition of a complex plane as bivector in three dimensions. Here all the details of receiving the solution, and its polarization transformations are analyzed. The results can particularly be applied to the problems of quantum computing and quantum cryptography. The suggested formalism replaces conventional quantum mechanics states as objects constructed in complex vector Hilbert space framework by geometrically feasible framework of multivectors.
The Geometric Algebra formalism opens the door to developing a theory deeper than conventional quantum mechanics. Generalizations, stemming from implementation of complex numbers as geometrically feasible objects in three dimensions, unambiguous definition of states, observables, measurements, Maxwell equations solution in that terms, bring into reality a kind of physical fields, states in the suggested theory, spreading through the whole three-dimensional space and values of the time parameter. The fields can be modified instantly in all points of space and time values, thus eliminating the concept of cause and effect and perceiving of one-directional time.