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arXiv:quant-ph/0201061 · Journal of Mathematical Physics

Entanglement and perfect quantum error correction

Benjamin Schumacher, Michael D. Westmoreland

Published Sep 1, 2002• 6 citations
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Abstract

The entanglement of formation gives a necessary and sufficient condition for the existence of a perfect quantum error correction procedure.
DOI
10.1063/1.1497183

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