Superpositions of coherent states determined by Gauss sums

Erratum: Universal superpositions of coherent states and self-similar potentials

A variety of coherent states of the harmonic oscillator is considered. It is formed by a particular superposition of canonical coherent states. In the simplest case, these superpositions are eigenfunctions of the annihilation operator A = P (d/dx + x)/ √ 2, where P is the parity operator. Such A arises naturally in the q → −1 limit for a symmetry operator of a specific self-similar potential ob...

Gauss Sums & Representation by Ternary Quadratic Forms

This paper specifies some conditions as to when an integer m is locally represented by a positive definite diagonal integer-matrix ternary quadratic form Q at a prime p. We use quadratic Gauss sums and a version of Hensel’s Lemma to count how many solutions there are to the equivalence Q(~x) ≡ m (mod p) for any k ≥ 0. Given that m is coprime to the determinant of the Hessian matrix of Q, we can...

On Gauss-Jacobi sums

In this paper, we introduce a kind of character sum which simultaneously generalizes the classical Gauss and Jacobi sums, and show that this “Gauss-Jacobi sum” also specializes to the Kloosterman sum in a particular case. Using the connection to the Kloosterman sums, we obtain in some special cases the upper bound (the “Weil bound”) of the absolute values of the Gauss-Jacobi sums. We also discu...

Half Gauss Sums

An Entanglement Study of Superposition of Qutrit Spin-Coherent States

Considering generalized concurrence as the criterion of entanglement, we study entanglement properties of superposition of two qutrit coherent states, as a function of their amplitudes. These states may attain maximum entanglement or no entanglement at all, depending on the choice of the parameters involved. The states revealing maximum entanglement also display the maximum violations of the Be...