A Short Proof of Stability of Topological Order under Local Perturbations

Communications in Mathematical Physics

Volumn 307, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 609-627

  Bravyi, Sergey ^a   Hastings, Matthew B ^b  

^a IBM T J WATSON RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 80053930793     PISSN: 00103616     EISSN: 14320916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00220-011-1346-2     Document Type: Article

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