Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- 1 Convexity, colours and statistics
- 2 Geometry of probability distributions
- 3 Much ado about spheres
- 4 Complex projective spaces
- 5 Outline of quantum mechanics
- 6 Coherent states and group actions
- 7 The stellar representation
- 8 The space of density matrices
- 9 Purification of mixed quantum states
- 10 Quantum operations
- 11 Duality: maps versus states
- 12 Density matrices and entropies
- 13 Distinguishability measures
- 14 Monotone metrics and measures
- 15 Quantum entanglement
- Epilogue
- Appendix 1 Basic notions of differential geometry
- Appendix 2 Basic notions of group theory
- Appendix 3 Geometry: do it yourself
- Appendix 4 Hints and answers to the exercises
- References
- Index
Frontmatter
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 27 August 2009
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- 1 Convexity, colours and statistics
- 2 Geometry of probability distributions
- 3 Much ado about spheres
- 4 Complex projective spaces
- 5 Outline of quantum mechanics
- 6 Coherent states and group actions
- 7 The stellar representation
- 8 The space of density matrices
- 9 Purification of mixed quantum states
- 10 Quantum operations
- 11 Duality: maps versus states
- 12 Density matrices and entropies
- 13 Distinguishability measures
- 14 Monotone metrics and measures
- 15 Quantum entanglement
- Epilogue
- Appendix 1 Basic notions of differential geometry
- Appendix 2 Basic notions of group theory
- Appendix 3 Geometry: do it yourself
- Appendix 4 Hints and answers to the exercises
- References
- Index
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- Geometry of Quantum StatesAn Introduction to Quantum Entanglement, pp. i - ivPublisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2006