Quantum state-independent contextuality requires 13 rays

We show that, regardless of the dimension of the Hilbert space, there exists no set of rays revealing state-independent contextuality with less than 13 rays. This implies that the set proposed by Yu and Oh in dimension three (2012 Phys. Rev. Lett. 108 030402) is actually the minimal set in quantum t...

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Autores: Cabello Quintero, Adán, Kleinmann, Matthias, Portillo Fernández, José Ramón
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión enviada para evaluación y publicación
Fecha de publicación:2016
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Sevilla (US)
Repositorio:idUS. Depósito de Investigación de la Universidad de Sevilla
OAI Identifier:oai:idus.us.es:11441/135955
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/11441/135955
https://doi.org/10.1088/1751-8113/49/38/38LT01
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Quantum contextuality
Kochen–Specker theorem
Graph theory
foundations of quantum physics
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Sumario:We show that, regardless of the dimension of the Hilbert space, there exists no set of rays revealing state-independent contextuality with less than 13 rays. This implies that the set proposed by Yu and Oh in dimension three (2012 Phys. Rev. Lett. 108 030402) is actually the minimal set in quantum theory. This contrasts with the case of Kochen–Specker sets, where the smallest set occurs in dimension four.