Localized Covariant Quantities Appear To Underlie Quantum Circuits

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2606.29079v1
• Date: Sat, 27 Jun 2026 20:38:47 GMT
• Title: Localized Covariant Quantities Appear To Underlie Quantum Circuits
• Abstract summary: We present evidence that local weak values comprise a covariant tensor associated with each individual qubit.<n>Even if the state is massively entangled, these tensors do not evolve or collapse when other qubits are measured or pass through distant circuit elements.<n>This work lends support to the claim that any quantum circuit can be assigned a realistic, lower-level description compatible with our understanding of classical spacetime.
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• Abstract: Although entangled state vectors cannot be fully described in terms of variables localized in space and time, any given entanglement experiment can be built from basic quantum circuit components with well-defined locations. We analyze such quantum circuits and present evidence that the local weak values comprise a covariant tensor associated with each individual qubit. Even if the state is massively entangled, these tensors do not evolve or collapse when other qubits are measured or pass through distant circuit elements. They can therefore be viewed from different reference frames without contradiction. Furthermore, their evolution through any circuit always obeys covariant dynamical rules. Weak values are subject to both past and future constraints, so the covariant quantities can only be determined by considering the entire circuit "all-at-once", as in action principles, incorporating the future measurement basis to avoid the standard no-go theorems. Because these results hold for a set of universal quantum gates, this work lends support to the claim that any quantum circuit can be assigned a realistic, lower-level description compatible with our understanding of classical spacetime.

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