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4 <strong>Gaussian</strong> quantum cellular automata<br />

Note that every system which is a qca by Definition 4.1 falls into category I. In<br />

addition, II has to hold <strong>with</strong> N − N ⊆ M in order to assure causality. 9 In order to<br />

establish which conditions should be imposed to guarantee the desired properties,<br />

consider connections between the cases:<br />

Lemma 4.10:<br />

The above notions of locality constitute a partial hierarchy in the sense that<br />

(i) III implies I <strong>with</strong> N = K,<br />

(ii) IV implies III <strong>with</strong> K = D,<br />

(iii) IV implies II <strong>with</strong> M = D − D,<br />

(iv) IV implies I <strong>with</strong> N = D.<br />

(v) However, II does not imply I and vice versa.<br />

Remark: It remains open if any of the lower cases imply higher ones, e.g. if I and<br />

II together already require IV.<br />

Proof:<br />

(i) By the embedding described in Section 4.1, A ∈ A(Λ) is also in A(Λ + K).<br />

Since Ki ∈ A(Λ + K), obviously T(A) = <br />

i K∗ i AKi ∈ A(Λ + K) and hence<br />

T A(Λ) ⊂ A(Λ + K).<br />

(ii) As every channel, the dynamics of IV can be described by Kraus operators,<br />

see Section 2.3. For A ∈ A(Λ), we have by definition T1(A) ∈ A ′ (Λ + D)<br />

and T(A) = A(Λ + D) since the ancilla systems do not introduce correlations.<br />

Hence Ki ∈ A(Λ + D).<br />

(iii) For A1 ∈ A(Λ1), A2 ∈ A(Λ2) and (Λ1 + D) ∩ (Λ2 + D) = ∅, the observables<br />

T1(A1) and T1(A2) are localized on different regions A ′ (Λ1+D) and A ′ (Λ2+D)<br />

<strong>with</strong>out overlap. Hence their product can be written as a tensor product <strong>with</strong><br />

respect to the sites by implicit embedding. Since T1 is an automorphism, this<br />

yields:<br />

⊗s<br />

T(A1 A2) = trE ⊗ ρ0 T1(A1 ⊗ )T1(A2 ⊗ ) <br />

⊗(Λ1+D)<br />

= trE ⊗ ρ0 T1(A1 ⊗ ) ⊗(Λ2+D)<br />

trE ⊗ ρ0 T1(A2 ⊗ ) <br />

= T(A1)T(A2).<br />

9 Note that (Λ1 + D − D) ∩ Λ2 = ∅ ⇐⇒ (Λ1 + D) ∩ (Λ2 + D) = ∅. Causality is the notion<br />

that operations on sufficiently far separated areas should be independent of each other. In our<br />

terms, this requires for observables A1 ∈ A(Λ1) and A2 ∈ A(Λ2), where T(Ai) ∈ A(Λi + N)<br />

and (Λ1 + N) ∩ (Λ2 + N) = ∅ that<br />

94<br />

T(A1 ⊗ |Λ2+N ) = T(A1) ⊗ |Λ2+N,<br />

T( |Λ1+N ⊗ A2) = |Λ1+N ⊗ T(A2).<br />

(For details and a brief discussion, see e.g. [89].) Note that under this conditions in II we get<br />

T(A1 ⊗ A2) = T(A1) T(A2) = T(A1) ⊗ T(A2) by implicit embedding.<br />

(ii)<br />

(i)<br />

III<br />

IV<br />

I<br />

(iv)<br />

II<br />

(iii)

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