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T.F. Havel and C.J.L. Doran
Geometric algebra in quantum information processing
In S. Lomonaco, ed. Quantum Computation and Quantum Information
Science. AMS Contemporary Math series (2000).
Abstract: This paper presents an intuitive geometric model
for multiqubit quantum systems, which is formulated using geometric
(aka Clifford) algebras. First, it is shown how Euclidean spinors
may be interpreted as entities in the geometric algebra of a Euclidean
vector space. Second, it is shown how this entire formalism lifts
naturally to Minkowski space-time and its associated geometric algebra,
and that this provides insights into how density operators and entanglement
behave under Lorentz transformations. Third, the utility of geometric
algebra in understanding both unitary and nonunitary quantum operations
is demonstrated by means of examples of contemporary interest in
quantum information processing.
Available from: quant-ph/0004031
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