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A Classification of Transversal Clifford Gates for Qubit Stabilizer Codes

Quantum Physics 2025-07-15 v1

Abstract

This work classifies stabilizer codes by the set of diagonal Clifford gates that can be implemented transversally on them. We show that, for any stabilizer code, its group of diagonal transversal Clifford gates on \ell code blocks must be one of six distinct families of matrix groups. We further develop the theory of classifying stabilizer codes by via matrix algebras of endomorphisms first introduced by Rains, and give a complete classification of the diagonal Clifford symmetries of \ell code blocks. A number of corollaries are given in the final section.

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@article{arxiv.2507.10519,
  title  = {A Classification of Transversal Clifford Gates for Qubit Stabilizer Codes},
  author = {Shival Dasu and Simon Burton},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2507.10519},
  year   = {2025}
}

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19 pages