{
  "id": "1112.2156",
  "version": "v1",
  "published": "2011-12-09T17:28:48.000Z",
  "updated": "2011-12-09T17:28:48.000Z",
  "title": "Stabilizer States as a Basis for Density Matrices",
  "authors": [
    "Simon J. Gay"
  ],
  "categories": [
    "quant-ph",
    "cs.ET"
  ],
  "abstract": "We show that the space of density matrices for n-qubit states, considered as a (2^n)^2 dimensional real vector space, has a basis consisting of density matrices of stabilizer states. We describe an application of this result to automated verification of quantum protocols.",
  "revisions": [
    {
      "version": "v1",
      "updated": "2011-12-09T17:28:48.000Z"
    }
  ],
  "analyses": {
    "keywords": [
      "density matrices",
      "stabilizer states",
      "dimensional real vector space",
      "n-qubit states",
      "quantum protocols"
    ],
    "note": {
      "typesetting": "TeX",
      "pages": 0,
      "language": "en",
      "license": "arXiv",
      "status": "editable",
      "adsabs": "2011arXiv1112.2156G"
    }
  }
}