Fisher Information as the Squared Lorentz Factor: Conformal Equivalence of the Bures and Beltrami–Klein Metrics on the Qubit Bloch Ball

Three results. (1) We prove the tensor-level conformal identity dsBK2=4γ2(r) dsBures2 between the Bures metric and the Beltrami–Klein metric on the open qubit Bloch ball, where γ2(r)=1/(1−r2) is the squared Lorentz factor. (2) For the visibility coordinate V=2p−1 of a binary quantum measurement, the classical Bernoulli Fisher information takes the closed form I(V)=1/(1−V2)=γ2(V). (3) The conformal structure is special to qubits; for N≥3, the Bures metric on full-rank density matrices has a non-constant sectional curvature at the maximally mixed state and hence a non-vanishing Weyl tensor and no conformal equivalence to any constant-curvature hyperbolic model (Theorem 2). We outline an experimentally testable operational consequence where sequential non-collinear weak measurements on a qubit predict a Thomas–Wigner rotation with a closed-form purity dependence that deviates from the Pancharatnam baseline at intermediate visibility.

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Quantum Reports
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2026-07-22
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https://doi.org/10.3390/quantum8030068
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Quantum Mechanics and Applications
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Fisher Information as the Squared Lorentz Factor: Conformal Equivalence of the Bures and Beltrami–Klein Metrics on the Qubit Bloch Ball

Bharath G. Srivats
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Fisher Information as the Squared Lorentz Factor: Conformal Equivalence of the Bures and Beltrami–Klein Metrics on the Qubit Bloch Ball

Bharath G. Srivats
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Three results. (1) We prove the tensor-level conformal identity dsBK2=4γ2(r) dsBures2 between the Bures metric and the Beltrami–Klein metric on the open qubit Bloch ball, where γ2(r)=1/(1−r2) is the squared Lorentz factor. (2) For the visibility coordinate V=2p−1 of a binary quantum measurement, the classical Bernoulli Fisher information takes the closed form I(V)=1/(1−V2)=γ2(V). (3) The conformal structure is special to qubits; for N≥3, the Bures metric on full-rank density matrices has a non-constant sectional curvature at the maximally mixed state and hence a non-vanishing Weyl tensor and no conformal equivalence to any constant-curvature hyperbolic model (Theorem 2). We outline an experimentally testable operational consequence where sequential non-collinear weak measurements on a qubit predict a Thomas–Wigner rotation with a closed-form purity dependence that deviates from the Pancharatnam baseline at intermediate visibility.

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