Quantum Information and Topology
A special issue of Symmetry (ISSN 2073-8994). This special issue belongs to the section "Physics".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 October 2023)
Special Issue Editors
Interests: geometric topology
Interests: geometric topology; classical knot theory; virtual knot theory; higher dimensional knot theory; quantum knots; topological quantum field theory; quantum computing; topological quantum computing; diagrammatic and categorical approaches to mathematical structure
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Special Issue Information
Dear colleagues,
This Special Issue of Symmetry is devoted to investigating the interrelationships between Quantum Information and Topology.
Quantum Information refers to those approaches to quantum mechanics and its applications that emphasize the interpretation of quantum states as carriers of information about possibilities that may become realized in physical systems.
This point of view includes quantum computing, quantum communication, quantum error correction, and studies of specific fundamental quantum systems such as the quasiparticles in the fractional quantum Hall effect, other aspects of quasiparticles in quantum systems, and the theoretical designs of possible topological quantum computing architectures.
Quantum information is related to cosmological problems such as the relationship between quantum entanglement and the entropy of black holes. In all these situations, topological problems and methods have been shown to be highly relevant, from fundamental braiding related to fermions to the possibility that the entanglement of quantum states could be mediated by wormholes.
Other problems about quantum entanglement are of great interest in both quantum theory and topology. Entanglement itself is a mysterious aspect of quantum mechanics that is receiving much attention. Many new and fundamental research directions are motivated by analogies between quantum entanglement and the properties of topological connectivity and linking (such as the linking entanglement of curves in three-dimensional space). These questions are driving research into the fundamental nature of entanglement. Basic questions of this type are likely to have significant applications.
We invite papers and discussion on these key issues in quantum information and topology.
Prof. Dr. Samuel Lomonaco
Prof. Dr. Louis H. Kauffman
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- Quantum Information
- Topology
