arXiv:2605.24431

AKLT State is Indeed the Observation Process of a causal Hidden quantum Markov Model

Abdessatar Souissi, Amenallah Andolsi

Published May 23, 2026• 0 citations

Abstract

We present a rigorous formulation of the spin-1 Affleck--Kennedy--Lieb--Tasaki (AKLT) state within the framework of hidden quantum Markov models (HQMMs). We show that the AKLT ground state admits a natural representation as the observable output of a causal HQMM, thereby endowing it with an underlying hidden quantum memory that is fully consistent with its standard finitely correlated (matrix product state) description. This viewpoint yields a compact and structurally transparent characterization of the AKLT chain as a quantum spin system equipped with intrinsic quantum memory. Our results further indicate that the HQMM framework provides a promising setting for analyzing measurement-based quantum computation (MBQC) and related information-processing tasks.

DOI: 10.48550/arxiv.2605.24431

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