The hyperbolic geometric structure of the density matrix for mixed state qubits

Foundations of Physics

Volumn 32, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 1671-1699

  Ungar, Abraham A ^a  

^a NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Gyrogroup and gyrovector space theory; Hyperbolic geometry; Quantum computation geometry; Special relativity

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036962397     PISSN: 00159018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1021446605657     Document Type: Article

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