arXiv · 0912.0172
Balanced Tripartite Entanglement, the Alternating Group A4 and the Lie Algebra $sl(3,C) \oplus u(1)$
Abstract
We discuss three important classes of three-qubit entangled states and their encoding into quantum gates, finite groups and Lie algebras. States of the GHZ and W-type correspond to pure tripartite and bipartite entanglement, respectively. We introduce another generic class B of three-qubit states, that have balanced entanglement over two and three parties. We show how to realize the largest cristallographic group $W(E_8)$ in terms of three-qubit gates (with real entries) encoding states of type GHZ or W [M. Planat, {\it Clifford group dipoles and the enactment of Weyl/Coxeter group $W(E_8)$ by entangling gates}, Preprint 0904.3691 (quant-ph)]. Then, we describe a peculiar "condensation" of $W(E_8)$ into the four-letter alternating group $A_4$, obtained from a chain of maximal subgroups. Group $A_4$ is realized from two B-type generators and found to correspond to the Lie algebra $sl(3,\mathbb{C})\oplus u(1)$. Possible applications of our findings to particle physics and the structure of genetic code are also mentioned.
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Michel Planat, Peter Levay, Metod Saniga. 2009-12-01. Balanced Tripartite Entanglement, the Alternating Group A4 and the Lie Algebra $sl(3,C) \oplus u(1)$. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0034-4877(11)00009-7
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