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A de Finetti theorem for quantum causal structures
KTH, Centres, Nordic Institute for Theoretical Physics NORDITA. Nordita, Stockholm University, Hannes Alfvéns väg 12 Stockholm, 106 91, Sweden; School of Mathematics and Physics, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, QLD 4072, Australia.ORCID iD: 0000-0003-1628-3001
Quantum Group, Department of Computer Science, University of Oxford, Quantum Group, Department of Computer Science, University of Oxford.
ARC Centre for Engineered Quantum Systems, School of Mathematics and Physics, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, QLD 4072, Australia.
2025 (English)In: Quantum, E-ISSN 2521-327X, Vol. 9Article in journal (Refereed) Published
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What does it mean for a causal structure to be ‘unknown’? Can we even talk about ‘repetitions’ of an experiment without prior knowledge of causal relations? And under what conditions can we say that a set of processes with arbitrary, possibly indefinite, causal structure are independent and identically distributed? Similar questions for classical probabilities, quantum states, and quantum channels are beautifully answered by so-called “de Finetti theorems”, which connect a simple and easy-to-justify condition—symmetry under exchange—with a very particular multipartite structure: a mixture of identical states/channels. Here we extend the result to processes with arbitrary causal structure, including indefinite causal order and multi-time, non-Markovian processes applicable to noisy quantum devices. The result also implies a new class of de Finetti theorems for quantum states subject to a large class of linear constraints, which can be of independent interest.

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Verein zur Forderung des Open Access Publizierens in den Quantenwissenschaften , 2025. Vol. 9
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URN: urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-360595DOI: 10.22331/q-2025-02-11-1628ISI: 001446050700001Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85217893732OAI: oai:DiVA.org:kth-360595DiVA, id: diva2:1940661
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Available from: 2025-02-26 Created: 2025-02-26 Last updated: 2025-12-05Bibliographically approved

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