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arXiv:2510.08376

Uniform mixing in continuous-time quantum walks on oriented, nonabelian Cayley graphs

Peter Sin

Published Oct 9, 2025• 0 citations
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Abstract

A family of oriented, normal, nonabelian Cayley graphs is presented, whose continuous-time quantum walks exhibit uniform mixing.
DOI
10.48550/arxiv.2510.08376

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