arXiv:nlin/0509009

Entanglement measures in quantum and classical chaos

Arul Lakshminarayan, Jayendra N. Bandyopadhyay, M. S. Santhanam, V B Sheorey

Published Sep 5, 2005• 1 citation

Abstract

Entanglement is a Hilbert-space based measure of nonseparability of states that leads to unique quantum possibilities such as teleportation. It has been at the center of intense activity in the area of quantum information theory and computation. In this paper we discuss the implications of quantum chaos on entanglement, showing how chaos can lead to large entanglement that is universal and describable using random matrix theory. We also indicate how this measure can be used in the Hilbert space formulation of classical mechanics. This leads us to consider purely Hilbert-space based measures of classical chaos, rather than the usual phase-space based ones such as the Lyapunov exponents, and can possibly lead to understanding of partial differential equations and nonintegrable classical field theories.

DOI: 10.48550/arxiv.nlin/0509009

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