Grand unification of all discrete Wigner functions on <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:mrow> <mml:mi>d</mml:mi> <mml:mo>×</mml:mo> <mml:mi>d</mml:mi> </mml:mrow> </mml:math> phase space

Wigner functions help visualize quantum states and dynamics while supporting quantitative analysis in quantum information. In the discrete setting, many inequivalent constructions coexist for each Hilbert-space dimension. This fragmentation obscures which features are fundamental and which are artifacts of representation. We introduce a stencil-based framework that exhausts all possible $d\ifmmode\times\else\texttimes\fi{}d$ discrete Wigner functions for a single $d$-dimensional quantum system (including a novel one for even $d$), subsuming known forms. We also give explicit invertible linear maps between definitions within the same $d$, enabling direct comparison of operational properties and exposing representation dependence.

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Physical review. A/Physical review, A
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2025-09-24
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https://doi.org/10.1103/s5wn-mysr
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Quantum Information and Cryptography
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Grand unification of all discrete Wigner functions on <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:mrow> <mml:mi>d</mml:mi> <mml:mo>×</mml:mo> <mml:mi>d</mml:mi> </mml:mrow> </mml:math> phase space

J. Davis, Nicholas Funai, Dominic G. Lewis, Nicolas C. Menicucci et al.
Physical review. A/Physical review, A
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Grand unification of all discrete Wigner functions on <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:mrow> <mml:mi>d</mml:mi> <mml:mo>×</mml:mo> <mml:mi>d</mml:mi> </mml:mrow> </mml:math> phase space

J. Davis, Nicholas Funai, Dominic G. Lewis, Nicolas C. Menicucci, Lucky K. Antonopoulos
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Wigner functions help visualize quantum states and dynamics while supporting quantitative analysis in quantum information. In the discrete setting, many inequivalent constructions coexist for each Hilbert-space dimension. This fragmentation obscures which features are fundamental and which are artifacts of representation. We introduce a stencil-based framework that exhausts all possible $d\ifmmode\times\else\texttimes\fi{}d$ discrete Wigner functions for a single $d$-dimensional quantum system (including a novel one for even $d$), subsuming known forms. We also give explicit invertible linear maps between definitions within the same $d$, enabling direct comparison of operational properties and exposing representation dependence.

Physical review. A/Physical review, AVol. 112(5)
Université Paris Sciences et Lettres (FR), MIT University (MK), École Normale Supérieure (BI), RMIT University (AU)
Openalex Percentile: Top 79%
Quantum Information and Cryptography
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Grand unification of all discrete Wigner functions on <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:mrow> <mml:mi>d</mml:mi> <mml:mo>×</mml:mo> <mml:mi>d</mml:mi> </mml:mrow> </mml:math> phase space — J. Davis, Nicholas Funai, et al. · Physical review. A/Physical review, A (2025) | TGRS Research Map | TGRS