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The density operator describes a quantum system in a (in general mixed) state.

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Degrees of freedom of a $d$ level system and the dimension of its Bloch manifold

A qubit is described by two independent degrees of freedom that parametrize the Bloch sphere. Question: For a level $d$ level system, i.e., a qu$d$it, what are the corresponding degrees of freedom? An …
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Truncated Completely Positive Trace Preserving (CPTP) maps

Let us consider the the Liouville equation of a level $N$-system with density matrix $\rho$ together with its standard properties (positive semi-definite, unit trace, etc). The evolution of the system …
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