Representation theory and quantum information

Guillaume Aubrun, Stanisław Szarek

Jae Hyeok Shin

In quantum information theory, there are few quantum channels whose specific formulas and properties are known.In this thesis, we introduce EPOSIC channels, a class of SU(2)-irreducibly covariant quantum channels, and compute their χ-capacity and entropy in some cases.We review the basics of group representation theory and quantum information theory, and we construct EPOSIC channels, a new class of quantum channels, using representation theory.We also study specific formulas and properties of EPOSIC channels.

Nicolas C. Menicucci

Alonso Botero

A number of important results in quantum information theory can be connected quite elegantly to the representation theory of the symmetric group through a quantum analogue of the classical information-theoretic "method of types" that arises naturally from the Schur-Weyl duality.We will give a brief introduction to this connection and briefly discuss some of the results that follow from it, such as quantum source compression rates, entanglement concentration rates, quantum entropy inequalities, and the admissisble spectra of partial density matrices from pure, multipartite entangled states.

Jonas Eidesen, David W. Kribs, Andrew Nemec

Clifford codes are a natural generalization of quantum stabilizer codes based primarily on representation theory. This class of codes has previously been extended to the setting of quantum subsystem codes. We formulate a two-fold generalization of Clifford codes, for both the hybrid classical and quantum information and projective representation theory settings. This leads to new classes of hybrid subspace and subsystem Clifford codes. We extend the fundamental representation theoretic quantum error correction theorem to include these codes, based on the operator algebra quantum error correction framework. We also discuss several examples throughout the presentation, of both stabilizer and non-stabilizer type.

Kazem Mahdavi, Deborah Koslover

This volume represents the talks given at the Conference on Interactions between Representation Theory, Quantum Field Theory, Category Theory, Mathematical Physics, and Quantum Information Theory, held in September 2007 at the University of Texas at Tyler. The papers in this volume, written by top experts in the field, address physical aspects, mathematical aspects, and foundational issues of quantum computation. This volume will benefit researchers interested in advances in quantum computation and communication, as well as graduate students who wish to enter the field of quantum computation.