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This research establishes a rigorous operational framework for quantifying intrinsic quantum complexity by linking causal memory requirements directly to entanglement entropy. By extending computational mechanics to fully-quantum space series, the study provides new tools for characterizing the structural depth of quantum processes without relying on discarded environments. These findings offer fundamental insights into the relationship between information-theoretic measures and the generation of quantum sequences.
Causal memory and structural complexity of a quantum space series
arXiv:2610.06519v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: What makes one quantum process more complex than another? We adopt an operational approach inspired by classical complexity science, which characterises structure through the memory required for causal generation. We develop a fully-quantum extension of computational mechanics for quantum space series: Sequences of quantum outputs that do not return to interact with their generator. For stationary, memoryful quantum space series admitting finite-dimensional, primitive causal models, we show that a memory-minimal model can be chosen to generate the outputs isometrically, without a discarded environment. The resulting canonical matrix product state representation determines both the minimum memory dimension and the minimum memory entropy. The latter is precisely the entanglement entropy across the past-future bipartition, giving entanglement an operational interpretation as irreducible memory for causal generation. Within this class, we further establish a vanishing fundamental entropy rate, the absence of causal asymmetry, and infinite quantum Markov order. These results establish an operational framework for quantifying intrinsic quantum structure, revealing deep connections between causal generation, complexity, memory, entropy, and entanglement.
Abstract:What makes one quantum process more complex than another? We adopt an operational approach inspired by classical complexity science, which characterises structure through the memory required for causal generation. We develop a fully-quantum extension of computational mechanics for quantum space series: Sequences of quantum outputs that do not return to interact with their generator. For stationary, memoryful quantum space series admitting finite-dimensional, primitive causal models, we show that a memory-minimal model can be chosen to generate the outputs isometrically, without a discarded environment. The resulting canonical matrix product state representation determines both the minimum memory dimension and the minimum memory entropy. The latter is precisely the entanglement entropy across the past-future bipartition, giving entanglement an operational interpretation as irreducible memory for causal generation. Within this class, we further establish a vanishing fundamental entropy rate, the absence of causal asymmetry, and infinite quantum Markov order. These results establish an operational framework for quantifying intrinsic quantum structure, revealing deep connections between causal generation, complexity, memory, entropy, and entanglement.
Quantum Physics (quant-ph); Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
arXiv:2610.06519 [quant-ph]
(or arXiv:2610.06519v1 [quant-ph] for this version)
https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2610.06519 Focus to learn more arXiv-issued DOI via DataCite (pending registration)
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