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"Conditional independence in quantum many-body systems", Isaac Kim, 2013

Reviewed September 9, 2024

Citation: Kim, Isaac Hyun. Conditional independence in quantum many-body systems. California Institute of Technology, 2013.

Web: https://thesis.library.caltech.edu/7697/

Tags: Information-theory, Error-correcting-codes, MTC-reconstruction


In this lovely PhD thesis, Isaac Kim gives a nice general overview of how to use information theory and conditional mutual independence to study quantum many-body physics, with a special focus towards error-correcting-codes.

There's a lot of great discussion, and this is a treasure-trove of references. This thesis is a good reference to be aware of in this area.