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where the basis kets /bardbls/an}bracketri}ht/an}bracketri}htare given by (in column vector form)
/bardbl1/an}bracketri}ht/an}bracketri}ht=
1
0
...
0
,/bardbl2/an}bracketri}ht/an}bracketri}ht=
0
1
...
0
,...,/bardbld2/an}bracketri}ht/an}bracketri}ht=
0
0
...
1
(117)
It is easily verified that /bardbler/an}bracketri}ht/an}bracketri}htis normalized. Eq. ( 115) then becomes
T2
r=d
d+1Tr+2d2
(d+1)2/bardbler/an}bracketri}ht/an}bracketri}ht/an}bracketle{t/an}bracketle{ter/bardbl (118)
Using Eq. ( 113) we find
/an}bracketle{t/an}bracketle{ts/bardblTr/bardbler/an}bracketri}ht/an}bracketri}ht=/radicalbigg
d+1
2dd2/summationdisplay
t=1TrstK2
rt
=/radicalbigg
2d
d+1K2
rs
=2d
d+1/an}bracketle{t/an}bracketle{ts/bardbler/an}bracketri}ht/an}bracketri}ht (119)
So/bardbler/an}bracketri}ht/an}bracketri}htis an eigenvector of Trwith eigenvalue2d
d+1.17
Also define
Qr=d+1
dTr−2/bardbler/an}bracketri}ht/an}bracketri}ht/an}bracketle{t/an}bracketle{ter/bardbl (120)
So in terms of the order-3 angle tensor the matrix elements of Qrare
Qrst=d+1
dKrsKrt/parenleftbig
Ksteiθrst−KrsKrt/parenrightbig
(121)
Qris Hermitian (because Tris Hermitian). Moreover
Q2
r=(d+1)2
d2T2
r−4/bardbler/an}bracketri}ht/an}bracketri}ht/an}bracketle{t/an}bracketle{ter/bardbl=Qr (122)
SoQris a projection operator. Since
Tr(Tr) =/summationdisplay
uTruu=d2/summationdisplay
u=1K2
ru=d (123)
we have
Tr(Qr) =d−1 (124)
We have thus proved that the spectral decomposition of Tris
Tr=d
d+1Qr+2d
d+1/bardbler/an}bracketri}ht/an}bracketri}ht/an}bracketle{t/an}bracketle{ter/bardbl (125)
whereQris a rankd−1 projector, as claimed.
We next prove that QT
r/bardbler/an}bracketri}ht/an}bracketri}ht= 0. The fact that the components of /bardbler/an}bracketri}ht/an}bracketri}htin the
standard basis are all real means
/an}bracketle{t/an}bracketle{ts/bardblTT
r/bardbler/an}bracketri}ht/an}bracketri}ht=/an}bracketle{t/an}bracketle{ter/bardblTr/bardbls/an}bracketri}ht/an}bracketri}ht=2d
d+1/an}bracketle{t/an}bracketle{ts/bardbler/an}bracketri}ht/an}bracketri}ht (126)
So/bardbler/an}bracketri}ht/an}bracketri}htis an eigenvector of TT
ras well asTr, again with the eigenvalue2d
d+1. In
view of Eq. ( 120) it follows that QT
r/bardbler/an}bracketri}ht/an}bracketri}ht= 0.
Turning to the problem of showing that Qris orthogonal to its own transpose.
We have
QrQT
r=/parenleftbiggd+1
dTr−2/bardbler/an}bracketri}ht/an}bracketri}ht/an}bracketle{t/an}bracketle{ter/bardbl/parenrightbigg/parenleftbiggd+1
dTT
r−2/bardbler/an}bracketri}ht/an}bracketri}ht/an}bracketle{t/an}bracketle{ter/bardbl/parenrightbigg
=(d+1)2
d2TrTT
r−4/bardbler/an}bracketri}ht/an}bracketri}ht/an}bracketle{t/an}bracketle{ter/bardbl (127)
It follows from Eq. ( 24) that
/an}bracketle{t/an}bracketle{ts/bardblTrTT
r/bardblt/an}bracketri}ht/an}bracketri}ht=d2/summationdisplay
u=1TrsuTrtu
=GrsGrtd2/summationdisplay
u=1GsuGtuGurGur (128)
In view of Eq. ( 23) (i.e.the fact that every SIC-POVM is a 2-design) this implies
/an}bracketle{t/an}bracketle{ts/bardblTrTT
r/bardblt/an}bracketri}ht/an}bracketri}ht=2d
d+1|Grs|2|Grt|2
=2d
d+1K2
rsK2
rt18
=4d2
(d+1)2/an}bracketle{t/an}bracketle{ts/bardbler/an}bracketri}ht/an}bracketri}ht/an}bracketle{t/an}bracketle{ter/bardblt/an}bracketri}ht/an}bracketri}ht (129)
So
TrTT