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View SchemaQuantum Latin squares of order $6m$ with all possible cardinalities
| Authors | Ying Zhang, Lijun Ji |
|---|---|
| Categories | |
| ArXiv ID | 2601.09132vv1 |
| URL | https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.09132 |
| License | http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/ |
Abstract
A quantum Latin square of order $n$ (denoted as QLS$(n)$) is an $n\times n$ array whose entries are unit column vectors from the $n$-dimensional Hilbert space $\mathcal{H}_n$, such that each row and column forms an orthonormal basis. Two unit vectors $|u\rangle, |v\rangle\in \mathcal{H}_n$ are regarded as identical if there exists a real number $\theta$ such that $|u\rangle=e^{i\theta}|v\rangle$; otherwise, they are considered distinct. The cardinality $c$ of a QLS$(n)$ is the number of distinct vectors in the array. In this note,we use sub-QLS$(6)$ to prove that for any integer $m\geq 2$ and any $c\in [6m,36m^2]\setminus \{6m+1\}$, there is a QLS$(6m)$ with cardinality $c$.
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"abstract": "A quantum Latin square of order $n$ (denoted as QLS$(n)$) is an $n\\times n$ array whose entries are unit column vectors from the $n$-dimensional Hilbert space $\\mathcal{H}_n$, such that each row and column forms an orthonormal basis. Two unit vectors $|u\\rangle, |v\\rangle\\in \\mathcal{H}_n$ are regarded as identical if there exists a real number $\\theta$ such that $|u\\rangle=e^{i\\theta}|v\\rangle$; otherwise, they are considered distinct. The cardinality $c$ of a QLS$(n)$ is the number of distinct vectors in the array. In this note,we use sub-QLS$(6)$ to prove that for any integer $m\\geq 2$ and any $c\\in [6m,36m^2]\\setminus \\{6m+1\\}$, there is a QLS$(6m)$ with cardinality $c$.",
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"title": "Quantum Latin squares of order $6m$ with all possible cardinalities",
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