{ "id": "0802.2391", "version": "v1", "published": "2008-02-17T18:03:49.000Z", "updated": "2008-02-17T18:03:49.000Z", "title": "Complementarity and the algebraic structure of 4-level quantum systems", "authors": [ "D. Petz", "A. Szanto", "M. Weiner" ], "comment": "19 pages", "journal": "J. Infin. Dim. Anal. Quantum Probability and Related Topics 12(2009), 99-116.", "doi": "10.1088/1742-6596/143/1/012011", "categories": [ "math-ph", "math.MP" ], "abstract": "The history of complementary observables and mutual unbiased bases is reviewed. A characterization is given in terms of conditional entropy of subalgebras. The concept of complementarity is extended to non-commutative subalgebras. Complementary decompositions of a 4-level quantum system are described and a characterization of the Bell basis is obtained.", "revisions": [ { "version": "v1", "updated": "2008-02-17T18:03:49.000Z" } ], "analyses": { "subjects": [ "47L90", "15A90", "81Q99", "81R05" ], "keywords": [ "quantum system", "algebraic structure", "complementarity", "bell basis", "conditional entropy" ], "tags": [ "journal article" ], "publication": { "journal": "Journal of Physics Conference Series", "year": 2009, "month": "Dec", "volume": 143, "number": 1, "pages": "012011" }, "note": { "typesetting": "TeX", "pages": 19, "language": "en", "license": "arXiv", "status": "editable", "adsabs": "2009JPhCS.143a2011P" } } }