Character Varieties and Algebraic Surfaces for the Topology of Quantum Computing

• Published in: Symmetry (Basel) Vol. 14; no. 5; p. 915
• Main Authors: Planat, Michel, Amaral, Marcelo M., Fang, Fang, Chester, David, Aschheim, Raymond, Irwin, Klee
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Basel MDPI AG 01.05.2022
• Subjects: Algebra; algebraic surfaces; aperiodicity; Commutators; Geometry; magic state quantum computing; Mathematical functions; Quantum computing; Qubits (quantum computing); SL2(ℂ) character varieties; topological quantum computing; Topology
• ISSN: 2073-8994; 2073-8994
• DOI: 10.3390/sym14050915

It is shown that the representation theory of some finitely presented groups thanks to their SL2(C) character variety is related to algebraic surfaces. We make use of the Enriques–Kodaira classification of algebraic surfaces and related topological tools to make such surfaces explicit. We study the connection of SL2(C) character varieties to topological quantum computing (TQC) as an alternative to the concept of anyons. The Hopf link H, whose character variety is a Del Pezzo surface fH (the trace of the commutator), is the kernel of our view of TQC. Qutrit and two-qubit magic state computing, derived from the trefoil knot in our previous work, may be seen as TQC from the Hopf link. The character variety of some two-generator Bianchi groups, as well as that of the fundamental group for the singular fibers E˜6 and D˜4 contain fH. A surface birationally equivalent to a K3 surface is another compound of their character varieties.