Type III von Neumann Algebras are Magical

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2608.12512v1
• Date: Wed, 12 Aug 2026 18:43:07 GMT
• Title: Type III von Neumann Algebras are Magical
• Abstract summary: Von Neumann algebras provide a formal mathematical structure to describe infinite-dimensional quantum systems.<n>We argue that Type III von Neumann algebras fundamentally require an infinite amount of magic.<n>Our result has direct implications for the quantum simulations of quantum field theories.
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• Abstract: The number of non-Clifford gates needed to perform a task, or simply \textit{magic}, is a resource for fault-tolerant quantum computation. Von Neumann algebras provide a formal mathematical structure to describe infinite-dimensional quantum systems, such as those in quantum field theory or quantum statistical mechanics. A particularly important class of von Neumann algebras is called Type III algebras, for which the standard notions of finite-dimensional systems such as density matrices and traces break down. In this work, we argue that Type III von Neumann algebras fundamentally require an infinite amount of magic. Specifically, we consider the thermodynamic limit of finite-dimensional quantum systems, such as lattice systems, and show that if the states in the thermodynamic limit possess only a bounded amount of magic, the resulting local von Neumann algebra cannot be of Type III. Our result has direct implications for the quantum simulations of quantum field theories, for which the algebra of a local subregion is known to be of Type III.

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