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Category of finite dimensional Hilbert spaces

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In mathematics, the category FdHilb has all finite-dimensional Hilbert spaces for objects and the linear transformations between them as morphisms.

Properties

This category

  • is monoidal,
  • possesses finite biproducts, and
  • is dagger compact.
  • According to a theorem of Selinger, the category of finite-dimensional Hilbert spaces is complete in the dagger compact category. Many ideas from Hilbert spaces, such as the no-cloning theorem, hold in general for dagger compact categories. See that article for additional details.

    References

    Category of finite-dimensional Hilbert spaces Wikipedia