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A Polylogarithmic-Depth Quantum Multiplier

Quantum Physics 2026-04-14 v1

Abstract

We present a quantum algorithm for multiplying two nn-bit integers with overall circuit depth and TT-depth both bounded by O(log2n)O(\log^{2} n), while using O(n2)O(n^{2}) gates and ancillary qubits. Our construction generates partial products via indicator-controlled copying and adds them using a binary adder tree, enabling parallel accumulation with logarithmic depth overhead per level. To the best of our knowledge, our design has the lowest TT-depth among all multiplication algorithms using the Clifford + TT model. By optimizing both circuit depth and TT-depth, our construction advances the practical feasibility of large-scale fault-tolerant quantum algorithms.

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@article{arxiv.2604.09847,
  title  = {A Polylogarithmic-Depth Quantum Multiplier},
  author = {Fred Sun and Anton Borissov},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2604.09847},
  year   = {2026}
}